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Lady Zhen
Consort of Emperor Wen and mother of Emperor Ming, posthumously honored as Empress Wenzhao and later associated in literary tradition with the Luo Goddess.
Mural of the event “Legend of the Luo Goddess”, which this person took part in.
In 204, Cao Cao captured Ye. After the ancient capital represented today by the Ye City Site changed hands, Lady Zhen—later commonly called Zhen Mi—was taken as consort by Cao Pi; the Records of the Three Kingdoms also records that she bore Cao Rui.
Also known as Empress Wenzhao · Zhen Ji
Lady Zhen, later commonly called Zhen Mi, was Cao Pi's consort and the mother of Cao Rui. Cao Pi took her at Ye in 204; she died in 221 and was posthumously honored as Empress Wenzhao after Cao Rui's accession. Her identification as the model for Cao Zhi's Luo Goddess is a later literary tradition rather than a settled claim of the official histories.
Life and times
- 183Born
Han
Three Kingdoms - 204Legend of the Luo Goddess
Took partLady Zhen entered the Cao Wei court celebrated for peerless grace, inspiring Cao Zhi's timeless Rhapsody on the Goddess of Luo.- Cao Pi Marries Lady Zhen YeAfter Ji Province was pacified in 204, Cao Pi took Lady Zhen at Ye; she later bore Cao Rui.
- Cao Zhi Composes Rhapsody of Luo222In 222, Cao Zhi crossed the Luo River and composed his rhapsody on Fufei; the Lady Zhen identification is a later tradition.
- Emperor Ming Honors Empress Wenzhao Posthumously226After taking the throne in 226, Cao Rui posthumously honored his mother Lady Zhen as Empress Wenzhao.
- Cao Pi Marries Lady Zhen Ye
- 221Died
Works
Literature · Poetry1- Song by the PondThree KingdomsHan-Wei yuefu ascribed to Lady Zhen before her forced death, a rejected wife's plea
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