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Concubine of Eastern Wu emperor, Sun Quan
Empress Jinghuai
, known during her life as
Lady Wang
, was a concubine of
Sun Quan
, the founding emperor of the state of
Eastern Wu
and mother to future Emperor
Sun Xiu
, during the
Three Kingdoms
period of China. She had active participation in the various succession disputes to the throne, being on the warfoot with
Sun Luban
, daughter of Sun Quan.
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Life
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Lady Wang was from Nanyang (南陽, modern-day
Nanyang
,
Henan
), and was referred to as
Lady Wang of Nanyang
to distinguish her from Lady Wang of Langye (posthumously known as
Empress Dayi
, another concubine of Sun Quan who shared the same surname).
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She entered Sun Quan's harem during the
Jiahe
period (232-238), presumably before 235 when she gave birth to Sun Xiu. When
Sun He
became heir apparent, Lady Wang of Langye became esteemed, and all other consorts who had been favoured by Sun Quan were expelled from the palace, including Lady Wang of Nanyang, who was exiled to Gong'an (公安, modern-day
Gong'an
,
Hubei
), where she died and was initially buried.
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Family and relatives
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When Sun Xiu became emperor in 258, he posthumously honoured Lady Wang as
Empress Jinghuai
(敬懷皇后
Attentive Remembering Empress
) and had her remains reinterred at the Jing Tombs (敬陵), the modern location of which is unknown.
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As the Wang family had no male-line descendants, her maternal half-brother Wen Yong (文雍) was given a commune marquisate.
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Citations
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a
b
Cutter and Crowell, p.220.
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Joe Cutter, Robert; Gordon Crowell, William (1999).
Empresses and Consorts: Selections from Chen Shou's Records of the Three States with Pei Songzhi's commentary
. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 128.
ISBN
9780824819453
.
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Sanguozhi
vol.50.
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(吳主權王夫人,南陽人也。)
Sanguozhi
vol. 50.
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(以選人宮,嘉禾中得幸,生(孫)休。及和?太子,和母貴重,諸姬有寵者,皆出居外。夫人出公安,卒,因葬焉。)
Sanguozhi
, vol. 50.
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(休?位,遣使追尊曰敬懷皇后,改葬敬陵。)
Sanguozhi
vol. 50.
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(王氏無後,封同母弟文雍?亭侯。)
Sanguozhi
vol. 50.
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