Yang Yan (empress)

Posthumous name
	Empress Wuyuan (武元皇后)

Yang Yan
楊艷
Yang Yan; 楊艷
Empress consort of the Jin dynasty
Tenure	20 March 266 – 25 August 274
Successor	Empress Yang Zhi
Born	238
Died	August 25, 274 (aged 35–36)
Spouse	Emperor Wu of Jin
Issue	Sima Gui; Sima Zhong; Sima Jian (262 - 23 October 291)
Posthumous name
Posthumous name
	Empress Wuyuan (武元皇后)
Father	Yang Wenzong
Mother	Lady Zhao

Yang Yan (楊艷) (238^[2] – August 25, 274^[3]), courtesy name Qiongzhi (瓊芝), formally Empress Wuyuan (武元皇后, "the martial and discerning empress") was an empress of the Western Jin dynasty. She was the first wife of Emperor Wu.

^ ([永平元年]九月甲午，大将军、秦王柬薨。) Jin Shu, vol.04. (元康元年薨，时年三十，...) Jin Shu, vol.64
^ According to Lady Yang's biography in Book of Jin, she was 37 (by East Asian reckoning) when she died. (泰始十年，崩于明光殿，绝于帝膝，时年三十七。) Jin Shu, vol.31. Thus by calculation, her birth year should be 238.
^ According to Sima Yan's biography in Book of Jin, Lady Yang died on the bingyin day of the 7th month of the 10th year of the Taishi era of his reign. This corresponds to 25 Aug 274 in the Julian calendar. ([泰始十年]秋七月丙寅，皇后杨氏崩。) Jin Shu, vol.03.

[1] ([永平元年]九月甲午，大将军、秦王柬薨。) Jin Shu, vol.04. (元康元年薨，时年三十，...) Jin Shu, vol.64

[2] According to Lady Yang's biography in Book of Jin, she was 37 (by East Asian reckoning) when she died. (泰始十年，崩于明光殿，绝于帝膝，时年三十七。) Jin Shu, vol.31. Thus by calculation, her birth year should be 238.

[3] According to Sima Yan's biography in Book of Jin, Lady Yang died on the bingyin day of the 7th month of the 10th year of the Taishi era of his reign. This corresponds to 25 Aug 274 in the Julian calendar. ([泰始十年]秋七月丙寅，皇后杨氏崩。) Jin Shu, vol.03.

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