Jia Nanfeng

Jia Nanfeng
賈南風
"Power behind the throne" of the Jin dynasty
ReignJuly 291 – May 300
PredecessorSima Liang and Wei Guan
SuccessorSima Lun
Empress consort of the Jin dynasty
Reign16 May 290 – 7 May 300
PredecessorEmpress Yang Zhi
SuccessorEmpress Yang Xianrong
Born257
Xiangfen County, Shanxi
Died13 May 300 (aged 42–43)
Luoyang, Henan
SpouseEmperor Hui of Jin
IssuePrincess Hedong
Princess Shiping
Princess Hongnong
Princess Aixian
ClanJia (賈)
FatherJia Chong
MotherGuo Huai

Jia Nanfeng (257[1] – 13 May 300[2]), nicknamed Shi (峕), was a Chinese empress consort. She was a daughter of Jia Chong and the first wife of Emperor Hui of the Jin dynasty and also a granddaughter of Jia Kui. She is commonly seen as a villainous figure in Chinese history, as the person who provoked the War of the Eight Princes, leading to the Wu Hu rebellions and the Jin Dynasty's loss of northern and central China. Between July 291 to May 300, she ruled the Jin empire from behind the scenes by dominating her developmentally disabled husband.

  1. ^ According to Jia Nanfeng's biography in Book of Jin, she was two years older than Sima Zhong. Since Sima Zhong was born in 259, her birth year should be 257. (時年十五,大太子二歲。) Jin Shu, vol.31. Vol. 79 of Zizhi Tongjian also recorded that Jia was two years older than Sima Zhong, but also indicated that she was 15 (by East Asian reckoning) when she became Crown Princess in April 272.
  2. ^ According to Sima Zhong's biography in Book of Jin, Jia Nanfeng was killed on the jihai day of the 4th month of the 1st year of the Yongkang era of his reign. This corresponds to 13 May 300 in the Julian calendar. [(永康元年夏四月)己亥,赵王伦矫诏害贾庶人于金墉城。)] Jin Shu, vol.04