Yang Zhi (empress)

Yang Zhi
楊芷
Empress consort of the Jin dynasty
Tenure13 December 276[1] – 290
PredecessorEmpress Yang Yan
SuccessorEmpress Jia Nanfeng
Empress dowager of the Jin dynasty
Tenure290–292
Born259
Died6 March 292 (aged 32-33)
SpouseEmperor Wu of Jin
IssueSima Hui
Posthumous name
Empress Wudao (武悼皇后)
FatherYang Jun

Yang Zhi (楊芷) (259 – 6 March 292[2]), courtesy name Jilan (季蘭), nickname Nanyin (男胤), formally Empress Wudao (武悼皇后, literally "the martial and fearful empress") was an empress of the Jin Dynasty (266–420). She was Emperor Wu's second wife and cousin to his first wife, Empress Yang Yan.

  1. ^ ding'mao day of the 10th month of the 2nd year of the Xian'ning era, per Emperor Wu's biography in Book of Jin
  2. ^ According to Sima Zhong's biography in Book of Jin, Yang Zhi died on the jiyou day of the 2nd month of the 2nd year of the Yongping era of his reign. This corresponds to 6 Mar 292 on the Julian calendar. [(永平)二年春二月己酉,贾后弑皇太后于金墉城。] Jin Shu, vol.04