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empress yin
China

Empress Yin – Emperor Guangwu’s beloved

Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0
Empress Yin has gone down in history as a virtuous empress. She was the second empress of Emperor Guangwu and was his beloved. Her love story with Emperor Guangwu has become legendary. A popular television show called Singing All Along (starring the famous Ruby Lin as Empress Yin) reimagines their unbreakable romance. Empress Yin’s character shows [read more]
Empress Dowager Shangguan
China

Shangguan – China’s youngest Grand Empress Dowager

Friday, 11 February 2022, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0
Grand Empress Dowager Shangguan was one of China’s youngest empresses. She became an empress at six years old. She was made Empress Dowager and Grand Empress Dowager at the age of fifteen. Yet, historians have praised her for being a successful interim ruler for the periods between the reigns of Emperor Zhao and Emperor Xuan. [read more]
zhang yan
China

Empress Zhang Yan – The eleven-year-old who was forced by her grandmother to marry her uncle

Monday, 7 February 2022, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0
Empress Zhang Yan’s story is truly tragic because she could not control the events in her life. She was a political pawn used by her own grandmother and was often in her shadow. Through her grandmother’s political machinations, she was forced to marry her own uncle at the young age of eleven. After she married [read more]
Zhao Feiyan
China

Zhao Feiyan – Her notorious reputation as a wanton Empress

Friday, 21 January 2022, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0
Zhao Feiyan (also known as Empress Xiaocheng) was the second empress of Emperor Cheng of Western Han. She has been known in history for being so wanton that she has been the main protagonist in many lewd Chinese pieces of literature. For millennia, writers have depicted her as an empress whose thirsts for sensual appetites [read more]
Imperial Consort Ban Jieyu
China

Imperial Consort Ban Jieyu – The concubine who longed for the Emperor after losing favour

Saturday, 15 January 2022, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0
Imperial Consort Ban Jieyu’s sorrowful tale has wrenched the hearts of readers for centuries. Her longing for an emperor who abandoned her for younger women has made her story seem very relatable to many women. She has been seen as a feminist icon who is known for being virtuous and is able to find peace [read more]
Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun
China

Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun – The fall of the Western Han Dynasty

Monday, 3 January 2022, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0
Grand Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun has been known in history for causing the fall of the Western Han dynasty. However, unlike many last empresses of a Chinese dynasty, Grand Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun has been portrayed sympathetically by historians. She was known as a long-suffering empress who tried her best to manage a declining dynasty. [read more]

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