| Lady Gan 甘夫人 | |||||
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 A Qing dynasty illustration of Lady Gan | |||||
| Born | Unknown Pei County, Jiangsu | ||||
| Died | c. 210[1] Gong'an County, Hubei | ||||
| Burial | |||||
| Spouse | Liu Bei | ||||
| Issue | Liu Shan | ||||
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Lady Gan (died c. 210)[1] was a concubine of Liu Bei,[2] the founding emperor of the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period of China and Liu Shan's mother. She was later posthumously honoured as Lady Huangsi which means "the Lady whom the Emperor misses" by Liu Bei. Then after his death, she was named Empress Zhaolie by her son to match his father's posthumous title. In the Gazette of Kuizhou Prefecture (夔州府志) compiled in 1513, her name is given as Gan Mei (甘梅), though the compiler deems the name fictitious.[3]
- ^ a b de Crespigny (2007), p. 238.
- ^ de Crespigny (2007), p. 237.
- ^ "甘梅乃蜀先主之夫人也，後主劉禪追尊為昭烈皇后，其墓在府治之陰，舊無碑記以表之。[...] 此記語多不典似據衍義小説甘梅夫人之稱更属杜撰" Gazette of Kuizhou Prefecture (夔州府志), vol. 32