Lady Gouyi (Chinese: 鉤弋夫人; pinyin: Gōuyì Fūrén; Wade–Giles: Kou-i Fu-jen; 113–88 BC), also known as Zhao Jieyu (Chinese: 趙婕妤; Consort Zhao), or Zhao Gouyi (趙鉤弋), was a consort of Emperor Wu of the Chinese Han dynasty, and the mother of Emperor Zhao of Han.
Near the end of his long reign, Emperor Wu made her young son Liu Fuling his heir apparent, but ordered the death of Lady Gouyi to prevent her from usurping power from the boy emperor. After Fuling acceded to the throne, he posthumously named her as empress dowager and built for her the Yunling mausoleum, which is now a Major Historical and Cultural Site of China.
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