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Queen Min
Queen of Xia monarch Xiang and mother of Shao Kang who escaped Han Zhuo's coup while pregnant to preserve Xia royal lineage
Mural of the event “Usurpation of Yi and Zhuo”, which this person took part in.
After seizing power Hou Yi repeated Taikang's mistake, indulging in archery and pleasure while delegating government to his trusted minister Han Zhuo. The balance between old Xia officials and the new Eastern Yi nobility ruptured, brewing a second coup.
Also known as Lady Min · Hou Min · Consort Min
- Roles
- Empress / Consort
Queen consort of the Xia monarch Xiang, daughter of the Youreng clan leader, and mother of Shao Kang. When Han Zhuo launched his violent coup and killed Xiang, the pregnant Queen Min escaped through a narrow tunnel and fled to her ancestral home of Youreng, where she gave birth to Shao Kang. She raised him to adulthood and instilled in him the determination to restore the dynasty, providing the vital dynastic lineage and maternal leadership that enabled the Shao Kang Restoration.
Life and times
- c. 2000 BCEBorn
Xia - 1930 BCEUsurpation of Yi and Zhuo
Took partHan Zhuo killed Hou Yi, seized his power, and pursued Xia royal remnants until Shao Kang's counteroffensive.- King Xiang Slain, Shaokang Born1990 BCEHan Zhuo's forces killed King Xiang, while pregnant Queen Houmin fled to Youreng to give birth to Shaokang.
- King Xiang Slain, Shaokang Born
- 1900 BCEDied
