Princess Pingyang (Han dynasty)

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Princess Pingyang
Grand Princess Yangxin
SpouseCao Shi, Marquess of Pingyang
Xiahou Po, Marquess of Ruyin
Empress Wang Zhi
The tomb of Princess Pingyang in Xianyang, Shaanxi

Princess Pingyang (平陽公主) was a

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

enfeoffment.[5]

Life

After her marriage to Cao Shi, Princess Pingyang had a son named Cao Xiang (曹襄). Some suspect that Cao Xiang was an adopted shu son rather than the princess' biological son. Nonetheless, Cao Xiang inherited his father's title in 131 BC.[6][7]


Princess Pingyang maintained a close relationship with her brother

war effort against Xiongnu.[12]

After Cao Shi died in 131 BC, widowed Princess Pingyang remarried to Xiahou Po, the Marquis of Ruyin. After Xiahou Po committed suicide in 115 BC for adultery with his father's maid, she considered remarrying again, and her advisors suggested Wei Qing as a suitor. She initially hesitated because Wei Qing was her former servant, but agreed after being reminded that Wei Qing had already become a high-ranking marquis.[13] After expressing her wishes through Empress Wei, Princess Pingyang married Wei Qing with the blessing from Emperor Wu, and remained his spouse for the remainder of their lives.

References

  1. ^ Sima Guang. Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government): Modern Chinese Edition edited by Bo Yang (Taipei, 1982–1989).
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  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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  10. ^ Guang, Sima. Records of Han Dynasty: Zi Zhi Tong Jian 资治通鉴; or Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance; Volume 9-68. DeepLogic.
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  12. ISBN 978-1-5015-0759-5
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  13. ISBN 978-1-63181-537-9
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