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href="/wiki/Chinese_surname" title="Chinese surname">family name</a> is <i> <a href="/wiki/Yang_(surname)" title="Yang (surname)">Yang</a></i>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Empress consort of the Jin dynasty</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn" style="background-color: #cbe; color:inherit; font-size: 125%">Yang Zhi<br />楊芷</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Empress consort of the <a href="/wiki/Jin_dynasty_(266-420)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jin dynasty (266-420)">Jin dynasty</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tenure</th><td class="infobox-data">13 December 276<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – 16 May 290</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yang_Yan_(empress)" title="Yang Yan (empress)">Empress Yang Yan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data">Empress <a href="/wiki/Jia_Nanfeng" title="Jia Nanfeng">Jia Nanfeng</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Empress dowager of the <a href="/wiki/Jin_dynasty_(266-420)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jin dynasty (266-420)">Jin dynasty</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tenure</th><td class="infobox-data">16 May 290 – 24 April 291<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">259</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">6 March 292 (aged 32-33)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Wu_of_Jin" title="Emperor Wu of Jin">Emperor Wu of Jin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Issue_(genealogy)" title="Issue (genealogy)">Issue</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Sima Hui</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Posthumous_name" title="Posthumous name">Posthumous name</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align:left; padding-left:0.7em;">Empress Wudao (武悼皇后)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yang_Jun_(minister)" title="Yang Jun (minister)">Yang Jun</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Yang Zhi</b> (楊芷) (259 – 6 March 292<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), <a href="/wiki/Courtesy_name" title="Courtesy name">courtesy name</a> <b>Jilan</b> (季蘭), nickname <b>Nanyin</b> (男胤), formally <b>Empress Wudao</b> (武悼皇后, literally "the martial and fearful empress") was an <a href="/wiki/Empress" class="mw-redirect" title="Empress">empress</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Jin_dynasty_(266%E2%80%93420)" title="Jin dynasty (266–420)">Jin dynasty</a>. She was <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Wu_of_Jin" title="Emperor Wu of Jin">Emperor Wu</a>'s second wife and cousin to his first wife, <a href="/wiki/Yang_Yan_(empress)" title="Yang Yan (empress)">Empress Yang Yan</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="As_empress_consort">As empress consort</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yang_Zhi_(empress)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: As empress consort"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Not much is known about Yang Zhi's life before she married Emperor Wu. Before Empress Yang Yan died in August 274, she was fearful that whoever became empress next would undermine her <a href="/wiki/Developmental_disability" title="Developmental disability">developmentally disabled</a> son <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Hui_of_Jin" title="Emperor Hui of Jin">Crown Prince Zhong</a>'s position as <a href="/wiki/Crown_prince" title="Crown prince">crown prince</a>, and therefore she asked Emperor Wu to marry her cousin Yang Zhi after her death. Emperor Wu agreed and, in December 276, married Yang Zhi and created her empress. Her father <a href="/wiki/Yang_Jun_(minister)" title="Yang Jun (minister)">Yang Jun</a> became a key official in the administration and became extremely arrogant. </p><p>The new Empress Yang herself was described as beautiful and virtuous and favored by her husband (who, however, also had upwards of 10,000 <a href="/wiki/Concubine" class="mw-redirect" title="Concubine">concubines</a>). After Emperor Wu conquered <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Wu" title="Eastern Wu">Eastern Wu</a> in May 280, he became largely obsessed with feasting and women, and tired of handling important matters of state. Empress Yang's father Yang Jun and her uncles Yang Yao (楊珧) and Yang Ji (楊濟) became those who made actual decisions and became very powerful. Empress Yang had a son, Sima Hui (司馬恢), in 283,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but Prince Hui died on 14 August 284.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She did not bear Emperor Wu other children afterwards. </p><p>Empress Yang was instrumental in keeping Crown Prince Zhong's wife Crown Princess <a href="/wiki/Jia_Nanfeng" title="Jia Nanfeng">Jia Nanfeng</a> from being deposed, as Princess Jia was jealous and violent. After several of the crown prince's concubines became pregnant, Princess Jia personally had them killed. When Emperor Wu heard about this, he was angry and wanted to depose the crown princess, but Empress Yang persuaded him to remember the crown princess' father <a href="/wiki/Jia_Chong" title="Jia Chong">Jia Chong</a>'s contribution to the establishment of Jin. She also rebuked the crown princess to try to rein in her behavior—but the crown princess, not knowing that the empress had persuaded the emperor not to depose her, bore a grudge against the empress as a result. </p><p>In 289, Emperor Wu grew ill, and considered whom to make regent for Crown Prince Zhong. He considered both Yang Jun and his uncle <a href="/wiki/Sima_Liang" title="Sima Liang">Sima Liang</a> the Prince of Ru'nan, the most respected of the imperial princes. As a result, Yang Jun became fearful of Sima Liang and had him posted to the key city of Xuchang (許昌, in modern <a href="/wiki/Xuchang" title="Xuchang">Xuchang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henan" title="Henan">Henan</a>). Several other imperial princes were also posted to other key cities in the empire. By 290, Emperor Wu resolved to let Yang and Sima Liang both be regents, but after he wrote his will, the will was seized by Yang Jun, who instead had another will promulgated in which Yang alone was named regent. He died soon after in May. Crown Prince Zhong ascended the throne as Emperor Hui; Empress Yang was honored as <a href="/wiki/Empress_dowager" title="Empress dowager">empress dowager</a>, and Yang Jun became regent. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="As_empress_dowager">As empress dowager</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yang_Zhi_(empress)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: As empress dowager"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yang Jun quickly showed himself to be autocratic and incompetent, drawing the ire of many other nobles and officials. He tried to appease them by bestowing many titles and honors among them, but this only brought further contempt for his actions. He knew Emperor Hui's empress Jia Nanfeng to be strong-willed and treacherous, so he tried to put people loyal to him in charge of all the defense forces of the capital <a href="/wiki/Luoyang" title="Luoyang">Luoyang</a>, and also ordered that all edicts not only be signed by the emperor but also by Empress Dowager Yang before they could be promulgated. </p><p>Empress Jia, however, wanted to be involved in the government, and was angry that she was constantly rebuffed by Empress Dowager Yang and Yang Jun. She therefore conspired with the <a href="/wiki/Eunuch" title="Eunuch">eunuch</a> Dong Meng (董猛) and the generals Meng Guan (孟觀) and Li Zhao (李肇) against the Yangs. She tried to include Sima Liang in the conspiracy, but Sima Liang declined; instead, she persuaded her brother-in-law, <a href="/wiki/Sima_Wei" title="Sima Wei">Sima Wei</a> the Prince of Chu, to join her plan. In 291, after Sima Wei returned to Luoyang from his defense post (Jing Province (荊州, modern <a href="/wiki/Hubei" title="Hubei">Hubei</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hunan" title="Hunan">Hunan</a>)) with his troops, a coup went into progress in April. </p><p>Empress Jia, who had her husband easily under her control, had him issue an edict declaring that Yang Jun had committed crimes and should be removed from his posts. It also ordered Sima Wei and <a href="/wiki/Sima_Yao_(Sixuan)" title="Sima Yao (Sixuan)">Sima Yao</a> (司馬繇) the Duke of Dong'an to attack Yang's forces and defend against counterattacks. Quickly, it became clear that Yang was in trouble. Empress Dowager Yang, trapped in the palace herself, wrote an edict ordering assistance for Yang Jun and put it on arrows, shooting it out of the palace. Empress Jia then made the bold declaration that Empress Dowager Yang was committing treason. Yang Jun was quickly defeated, and his clan was massacred. Only his wife Lady Pang, the empress dowager's mother, was pardoned and allowed to live with the empress dowager. However, Empress Jia continued to be resentful, and soon had Empress Dowager Yang deposed from her position and made a commoner,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then had Lady Pang executed, despite humble pleas from the empress dowager, who was put under house arrest inside the palace. Initially, her closest servants were allowed to remain to serve her, but in February 292, Empress Jia had them moved elsewhere. In despair, Empress Dowager Yang refused to eat and died after eight days of not eating.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Empress Dowager Yang was buried in a way most unfitting for an empress. The superstitious Empress Jia thought she might make accusations to the spirit of Emperor Wu after her death, so had her buried face down and also with various amulets and magical herbs that were intended to suppress her spirit. It was not until 5 May 307,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> long after Empress Jia's own defeat and death, that she was restored to her empress title and reburied with imperial honors. She was given a temple in which to be worshipped but was not worshipped in her husband Emperor Wu's temple. In <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr>May 342,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Cheng_of_Jin" title="Emperor Cheng of Jin">Emperor Cheng</a>, her cult was merged into the temple of Emperor Wu. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yang_Zhi_(empress)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>ding'mao</i> day of the 10th month of the 2nd year of the <i>Xian'ning</i> era, per Emperor Wu's biography in <i>Book of Jin</i> and vol.80 of <i>Zizhi Tongjian</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>ren'chen</i> day of the 3rd month of the 1st year of the <i>Yong'ping</i>/ <i>Yuan'kang</i> era, per vol.82 of <i>Zizhi Tongjian</i> and Emperor Hui's biography in <i>Book of Jin</i>. This was a day after her father Yang Jun was killed.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">According to Sima Zhong's biography in <i>Book of Jin</i>, Yang Zhi died on the <i>jiyou</i> day of the 2nd month of the 2nd year of the <i>Yongping</i> era of his reign. This corresponds to 6 Mar 292 on the Julian calendar. [(永平)二年春二月己酉，贾后弑皇太后于金墉城。] <i>Jin Shu</i>, vol.04. Vol.82 of <i>Zizhi Tongjian</i> recorded the same date of death, but with the era name as <i>Yuankang</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Vol.64 of <i>Jin Shu</i> recorded that Sima Hui died at the age of two (by East Asian reckoning), and was given the posthumous name <i>Prince Shang of Bohai</i>. (渤海殇王恢，字思度，太康五年薨，时年二岁，追加封谥。)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">According to Sima Yan's biography in <i>Book of Jin</i>, Sima Hui died on the <i>wushen</i> day of the 7th month of the 5th year of the <i>Tai'kang</i> era of his reign. This corresponds to 14 Aug 284 on the Julian calendar. [(太康五年)秋七月戊申，皇子恢薨.] <i>Jin Shu</i>, vol.03</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Jin Shu</i>, vol.31 and <i>Zizhi Tongjian</i>, vol.82</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Zizhi Tongjian</i>, vol 82. Lady Yang's biography in <i>Jin Shu</i> only recorded that she died after a hunger strike (绝膳而崩), without specifying the number of days.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>ding'mao</i> day of the 3rd month of the 1st year of the <i>Yong'jia</i> era, per Emperor Huai's biography in <i>Book of Jin</i> and vol.86 of <i>Zizhi Tongjian</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">3rd month of the 8th year of the <i>Xian'kang</i> era, per Emperor Cheng's biography in <i>Book of Jin</i> and vol.97 of <i>Zizhi Tongjian</i>. The month corresponds to 22 April to 20 May 342 in the Julian calendar.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fang_Xuanling" title="Fang Xuanling">Fang, Xuanling</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Jin" title="Book of Jin">Book of Jin</a></i> (<i>Jin Shu</i>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sima_Guang" title="Sima Guang">Sima, Guang</a>. <i>Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance</i> (<i><a href="/wiki/Zizhi_Tongjian" title="Zizhi Tongjian">Zizhi Tongjian</a></i>)</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #65BCFF"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chinese_monarchs" title="List of Chinese monarchs">Chinese royalty</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Yang_Yan_(empress)" title="Yang Yan (empress)">Yang Yan</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" 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