Empress Shi
| Empress Shi | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 史皇后 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | empress of the Shi family | ||||||||
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Empress Shi[a] (fl. 23 CE) was empress of China during the final months of the brief Xin dynasty.[1][2] She married the Xin emperor Wang Mang in the spring of 23, as his empire was crumbling to agrarian revolts. Despite that, he married her as a public show of confidence. She was the daughter of one of his officials, Shi Chen (史諶).
In the autumn of 23, the Xin capital Chang'an fell to Lulin rebels acting in concert with members of the Han's imperial Liu family.[3] Wang Mang died in the battle at Weiyang Palace. It is unrecorded what happened to Empress Shi, although it is known that her father Shi Chen surrendered to the Han forces and was then executed.
Notes
- ^ Empress Shi's personal name is unrecorded by history.
References
- ^ Higham, Charles (2004). Encyclopedia of Ancient Asian Civilizations. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-0996-1.
- ^ Bowman, John Stewart (2000). Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11004-4.
- ^ Bowman, John Stewart (2000). Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11004-4.