Princess Pingyang (Han dynasty)

Princess Pingyang
Grand Princess Yangxin
SpouseCao Shi, Marquess of Pingyang
Xiahou Po, Marquess of Ruyin
Wei Qing, Marquess Lie of Changping
IssueCao Xiang
FatherEmperor Jing of Han
MotherEmpress Wang Zhi
The tomb of Princess Pingyang in Xianyang, Shaanxi

Princess Pingyang (平陽公主) was a Western Han dynasty princess.[1][2] She was the eldest daughter of Emperor Jing of Han and his second empress Empress Wang Zhi, the most famous sister of Emperor Wu,[3] and the former master and later wife of renowned military general Wei Qing.[4]

Her official title was actually Grand Princess Yangxin (陽信長公主), but because she married Cao Shi (曹时, also known as Cao Shou 曹寿), the Marquess of Pingyang (平陽侯), she was generally referred to as Princess Pingyang after her first husband's enfeoffment.[5]

  1. ^ Sima Guang. Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government): Modern Chinese Edition edited by Bo Yang (Taipei, 1982–1989).
  2. ^ Hung, Hing Ming (2020-05-01). The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty. Algora Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62894-418-1.
  3. ^ Peterson, Barbara Bennett (2016-09-16). Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-46372-6.
  4. ^ Lee, Lily Xiao Hong; Stefanowska, A. D.; Wiles, Sue (2015-03-26). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Antiquity Through Sui, 1600 B.C.E. - 618 C.E. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-47590-3.
  5. ^ Records of the Grand Historian (《史记 卷五十四 曹相国世家第二十四》)

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