Wang Shen'ai

Wang Shen'ai
王神愛
Empress consort of the Eastern Jin dynasty
Tenure3 May 397 – 3 October 412
PredecessorEmpress Wang Fahui
SuccessorEmpress Chu Lingyuan
Born384
Died3 October 412(412-10-03) (aged 27–28)
Jiankang, Eastern Jin
SpouseEmperor An of Jin
Posthumous name
Empress Anxi (安僖皇后)
FatherWang Xianzhi
MotherPrincess Xin'an

Empress Wang Shen'ai (Chinese: 王神愛; 384[1] – 3 October 412[2]), formally Empress Anxi (安僖皇后, literally "the peaceful and careful empress") was an empress of Jin Dynasty (266–420). Her husband was the developmentally disabled Emperor An.

  1. ^ According to Empress Wang's biography in Book of Jin, she was 29 (by East Asian reckoning) when she died. (义熙八年崩于徽音殿,时年二十九) Jin Shu, vol.32. Thus by calculation, her birth year should be 384.
  2. ^ According to Sima Dezong's biography in Veritable Records of Jiankang, Empress Wang died on gengxu day of the 8th month of the 8th year of the Yixi era of her husband's reign. This corresponds to 3 October 412 on the Julian calendar. [(义熙八年八月)庚戌,皇后王氏崩於徽音殿。] Jiankang Shilu, vol.10