Emperor Houshao of Han (Chinese: 漢後少帝 ; c. March 196 BC – 14 November 180 BC), personal name Liu Hong (劉弘), was the fourth emperor of the Han dynasty . He was a son of Emperor Hui and a unknown wife of him, likely by a concubine —although there is some controversy on the subject—and adopted by Emperor Hui's wife, Empress Zhang Yan . At the instigation of his grandmother, Empress Lü , Empress Zhang had Emperor Houshao's mother put to death.
16-813: Zhang Yan may refer to: Empress Zhang Yan (張嫣; died 163 BC), Western Han empress Zhang Yan (Han dynasty) (張燕), late Eastern Han bandit chief Zhang Quanyi or Zhang Yan (張言; 852–926), Tang dynasty / Five Dynasties warlord Zhang Yan (Ming dynasty) (張彥), Ming dynasty painter Xi Xi or Zhang Yan (張彥; born 1938), Hong Kong writer Zhang Yan (oil painter) (张焰; born 1963), Chinese oil painter Zhang Yan (biathlete) (born 1992), Chinese biathlete Zhang Yan (figure skater) (born 1988), Chinese pair skater Zhang Yan (footballer, born 1972) , Chinese football player Zhang Yan (table tennis) (born 1967), table tennis player Zhang Yan (footballer, born 1997) , Chinese footballer Zhang Yan (born 1917) , major general of
32-411: A psychosis . She proposed that he be deposed and replaced. The officials complied with her wishes, and he was deposed and put to death. Prince Hong then succeeded his brother to the throne as Emperor Houshao and in effect as Grand Empress Dowager Lü's indisputable puppet. Because Grand Empress Dowager Lü was actually the ruling absolute figure and she still had all the powers of the empire, one thing that
48-463: Is a matter of controversy , although it appears likely that they were Emperor Hui's children by his concubines .) When Emperor Hui died in September 188 BC at the age of 22, one of the children that Empress Zhang adopted became emperor (as Emperor Qianshao), but Grand Empress Dowager Lü had effective total control of the imperial government. Empress Zhang, was not made empress dowager as this title
64-566: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Empress Zhang Yan Zhang Yan ( traditional Chinese : 張嫣 ; simplified Chinese : 张嫣 ; pinyin : Zhāng Yān ; died April or May 163 BC ), known formally as Empress Xiaohui (孝惠皇后) was an empress during the Han dynasty . She was a daughter of Princess Yuan of Lu (the only daughter of Emperor Gao (Liu Bang) and his wife Empress Lü ) and her husband Zhang Ao (張敖, son of Zhang Er),
80-404: Is known. There are only a few major important events in his life that are documented (which does not even include the year of his birth). In September 188 BC, his father Emperor Hui died, and his brother Liu Gong succeeded to the throne as Emperor Qianshao; his name came about as Empress Dowager Lü personally exercised the power of government alone and held power for herself. In 187 BC, he was made
96-491: Is normally done when a new emperor succeeds to the throne—the resetting of the calendar year—was not done; rather, the calendar continued from the start of Emperor Qianshao's reign. In the autumn of 180 BC, Grand Empress Dowager Lü died of an illness. Emperor Houshao, however, still did not have actual powers, because most power was still largely controlled by the Lü clan . Indeed, the grand empress dowager's will required him to marry
112-530: The daughter of her nephew Lü Lu (呂禄) and make her empress. The officials of the imperial government, led by Chen Ping and Zhou Bo , however, formed a conspiracy against the Lü clan , and they were successful in surprising the Lü clan and slaughtering them. Afterwards, the conspirators met and made the assertion that none of the sons of Emperor Hui were actually his. Admitting that they were concerned that these imperial children, when they grew up, would take vengeance on
128-634: The Marquess of Xiangcheng. In 186 BC, after his brother Liu Buyi (劉不疑), the Prince of Hengshan, died, he was made the Prince of Hengshan, and his name was changed to Liu Yi, likely because it was considered inappropriate to have one's name (or one's male ancestors' names) share characters with one's titles. Some time during or before 184 BC, Emperor Qianshao discovered that he was not, in fact, now-Empress Dowager Zhang's son and that his mother, like Prince Hong's mother, had been put to death. Emperor Qianshao made
144-526: The People's Liberation Army. [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zhang_Yan&oldid=1143318420 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
160-435: The Prince of Zhao and later Marquess of Xuanping. In c. November 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. 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
176-442: The mistake of publicly making the remark that when he grew up, Empress Dowager Zhang would pay for this. Grand Empress Dowager Lü, once she heard of this, had Emperor Qianshao secretly imprisoned within the palace and publicly announced that he was severely ill and unable to receive anyone. After some time, Grand Empress Dowager Lü told the officials that he continued to be ill and incapable of governing, and that he had also suffered
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#1732773209732192-442: The officials, the conspirators resolved to find a replacement emperor. After a period of disagreement, they settled on Emperor Houshao's uncle, Prince Liu Heng of Dai . Prince Heng soon arrived in the capital Xi'an and was declared emperor, and Emperor Houshao was deposed. Initially, one of the officials involved in the conspiracy, Emperor Houshao's cousin, Liu Xingju , the Marquess of Dongmou, merely expelled Emperor Houshao from
208-507: The palace and had him stay at the Ministry of Palace Supplies. Some of the imperial guard still wished to resist the coup d'etat but were eventually persuaded by the officials to desist. Some time later that year, Emperor Houshao was executed along with his three younger brothers. Historians are of the view that his wife, Empress Lü, was also executed, but there is no explicit evidence to support this view. Emperor Houshao, considered to be
224-635: Was also adopted by Empress Zhang. 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 Empress Dowager Lü died in August 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. Empress Zhang
240-497: Was not killed, but she was put under house arrest in a palace to the north after being deposed from her position as empress and henceforth referred to as Empress Hui. Her brother, the Prince of Lu, was also deposed and reduced in rank to Marquess of Nangong. After this no records exist of her later life until her death. Empress Zhang died in 163 BC and was buried with her husband of merely four years. Emperor Houshao of Han Very little about Emperor Houshao's life and personality
256-418: Was retained by Empress Dowager Lü who never claimed the title Grand Empress Dowager and did not appear to have significant influence. Nevertheless, when Emperor Qianshao 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 Empress Dowager Lü had him deposed and executed, and replaced him with his brother Liu Hong (as Emperor Houshao), who
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