Zhang Yan (Traditional Chinese: 張嫣; pinyin: Zhāng Yān) (died 163 BC), known formally as Empress Xiaohui (孝惠皇后) was an empress during the Han Dynasty. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use An emperor (from the Latin " Imperator " is a (male Monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an Empire or another type of The Han Dynasty ( 206 BC–220 AD followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. She was the daughter of Princess Luyuan (the only daughter of Emperor Gao (Liu Bang) and his wife Empress Lü) and her husband Zhang Ao (張敖), the Prince of Zhao and later Marquess of Xuanping. Early life Liú Bāng was born into a lower class farming family in Pei (present Pei County in Jiangsu Province) Empress Lü Zhi (呂雉 (died 180 BC commonly known as Empress Dowager Lü (呂太后 Pinyin: Lǚ Tàihòu or formally as Empress Gao (高皇后
In 192 BC, at the insistence of then-Empress Dowager Lü, Lady Yan married her uncle Emperor Hui, the son of Emperor Gao and Empress Dowager Lü, and she was created empress. Events By place Greece The Achaeans respond to Sparta 's renewed interest in recovering lost territory by sending an envoy to Early life and years as crown prince How Liu Ying's childhood was like is not completely clear The marriage was a childless one. At Empress Dowager Lü's instruction, Empress Zhang took several male children as her own and killed their mothers. (Whether these children were Emperor Hui's is a matter of controversy, although it appears likely that they were Emperor Hui's children by his concubines. Early life and years as crown prince How Liu Ying's childhood was like is not completely clear Concubinage is the state of a woman or youth in an ongoing quasi-matrimonial relationship with a man of higher social status )
When Emperor Hui died in 188 BC at the age of 22, one of the children that Empress Zhang adopted, Liu Gong, became emperor (as Emperor Qianshao), but Grand Empress Dowager Lü had effective total control of the imperial government. Events By place Greece The leader of the Achaean League, Philopoemen, enters northern Laconia with his army and a Empress Zhang, who was then made empress dowager, did not appear to have significant influence. Nevertheless, when Liu Gong found out in 184 BC that he was not actually her child, he made a careless comment that he would take vengeance on her -- at which Grand Empress Dowager Lü had him deposed and executed, and replaced him with his brother Liu Hong (as Emperor Houshao), who was also adopted by Empress Zhang. Events By place Roman Republic Cato the Elder, along with his colleague Lucius Valerius Flaccus, are elected censors It was during Emperor Qianshao's reign that Empress Zhang's brother Zhang Yan (張偃, pinyin Zhāng Yǎn -- notice difference in tone) was created the Prince of Lu.
After Grand Empress Dowager Lü died in 180 BC, and the Lü clan overthrown and slaughtered by the officials opposed to the Lüs in the Lü Clan Disturbance, Emperor Houshao was deposed and killed. Events By place Greece After three years of intriguing against his younger brother Demetrius including accusing him of coveting the succession to The Lü Clan Disturbance ( Traditional Chinese: 呂氏之亂 ( 180 BC) refers to a political disturbance after the death of Grand Empress Dowager Lü Empress Dowager Zhang was not killed, but she was deposed from her position as empress dowager and henceforth referred to as Empress Hui. Her brother, the Prince of Lu, was also deposed and reduced in rank to Marquess of Nangong. Empress Zhang died in 163 BC and was buried with her husband of merely four years.
| Preceded by Empress Lü Zhi |
Empress of Western Han Dynasty 192 BC–188 BC |
Succeeded by Empress Lü |
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