Wang Fahui

Wang Fahui
王法慧
Empress consort of the Eastern Jin dynasty
Tenure1 October 375 – 24 October 380
PredecessorEmpress Yu Daolian
SuccessorEmpress Wang Shen'ai
Born360
Died24 October 380(380-10-24) (aged 19–20)
Jiankang, Eastern Jin
SpouseEmperor Xiaowu of Jin
Posthumous name
Empress Xiaowuding (孝武定皇后)
FatherWang Yun
MotherLady Liu

Empress Wang Fahui (Chinese: 王法慧; 360[1] – 24 October 380[2]), formally Empress Xiaowuding (孝武定皇后, literally "the filial, martial, and quieting empress") was an empress during the Jin Dynasty (266–420). Her husband was Emperor Xiaowu. She was a niece of Wang Muzhi, another empress of the Eastern Jin.

  1. ^ Lady Wang's biography in Book of Jin indicated that she was 21 (by East Asian reckoning) when she died. Thus by calculation, her birth year should be 360.
  2. ^ guiwei day of the 9th month of the 5th year of the Taiyuan era, per Emperor Xiaowu's biography in Book of Jin