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The Women Behind the Failed Men - The Empresses of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (Part 2)

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Due to the long standby time of Chu Garlic, the other queens are much more low-key.

The Women Behind the Failed Men - The Empresses of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (Part 2)

Chu Garlic's daughter-in-law was He Fa Ni, the niece of Sikong He Chong, who was made empress in 357 AD. In 361, Sima Tan died, because there were no heirs, the reigning Sima Pi was a contemporary, and Chu Garlic was also alive, so He Fa Ni was only honored as Empress Mu and lived in Yong'an Palace. In 403, after Huan Xuan usurped the throne, He Fa Ni was demoted to lingling county and moved to Baling together with Sima Dezong, the emperor of Jin'an. A year later, Liu Yu recreated the Jin Dynasty, and Yin Zhongwen returned to Kyoto under the service of He Fa Ni, where he died in the same year at the age of sixty-six.

The Women Behind the Failed Men - The Empresses of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (Part 2)

The empress of Sima Pi, the Emperor of Jin, was Wang Muzhi (王穆之) from the Taiyuan Wang clan, and his father was Situ Zuo Changshi Wang Mao (王濛). Wang Muzhi was his princess when Sima Pi was still the King of Langya, and after Sima Pi ascended the throne, Wang Muzhi was made empress in the same year. However, she had no children with Sima Pi and died more than a month before Sima Pi's death, with the posthumous title of Empress Jing.

The Women Behind the Failed Men - The Empresses of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (Part 2)

The empress dowager of the Deposed Emperor Sima Yi of the Jin Dynasty was Yu Wenjun's niece and Yu Bing's daughter Yu Daopi (庾道怜), who was sima yi's princess when he was the king of the East Sea, and Sima Yi became empress after he ascended the throne. However, she died the following year in 366 AD, and she did not give birth to an heir for Sima Yi, who was given the title of Empress Xiao. After Sima Yi was deposed as the Duke of Haixi, Yu Daopi was demoted to the title of Duchess of Haixi.

Emperor Jianwen's reign was only eight months, and his princess Wang Jian Ji died as early as the fourth year of Emperor Yonghe of Jin (348 AD), after which Sima Yu did not have a princess or empress. Wang Jian Ji was from the Taiyuan Wang clan, and her father, Guanglu Xun Wang Xie. She and Sima Yusheng had two sons, Sima Daosheng and Sima Yusheng, the prince of Huiji. Sima Yusheng died prematurely, and Sima Daosheng was an impatient person, did not cultivate the profession, and was more disrespectful, which led to Yu Yonghe's fourth year (348 AD), who fell out of favor and was deposed, and died at the age of twenty-four. Wang Jianji also died of depression. After Sima Yao ascended the throne, he posthumously honored King Jian Ji as Empress Shun.

The Women Behind the Failed Men - The Empresses of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (Part 2)

As the longest-reigning and most powerful emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the empress of Emperor Xiaowu Sima Yao was Wang Fahui. She was the niece of Empress Dowager Wang Muzhi of the Jin Dynasty, and her father was Wang Yun. In the third year of Ning Kang (375 AD), Wang Fahui was made empress. Although she was a lady of the house, she was fond of drinking and was proud and jealous, so Sima Yao summoned Wang Yun into the palace many times to admonish her and urge her to correct her mistakes. In the fifth year of taiyuan (380 AD), Wang Fahui died at the age of twenty-one, childless, and was posthumously honored as Empress Ding. Sima Yao did not stand up again.

As a famous idiot emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the empress of Sima Dezong, the emperor of Jin'an, was very promising. Her name was Wang Shen'ai, her grandfather was Wang Xizhi, her father was Wang Xianzhi, and her mother was Sima Yu's third daughter, Princess Sima Daofu of Xin'an, and her birth was arguably the most prominent of all the empresses of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In the twenty-first year of Emperor Xiaowu's reign (396 CE), Wang Shen'ai was made a crown princess. In the same year, Sima Dezong ascended the throne, and Wang Shen'ai became empress. However, due to the fact that Sima Dezong was a complete dementia, coupled with rebellions and constant power, Wang Shen'ai was also unfortunate, she had no heirs, and died in August of the eighth year of Yixi (412 AD), at the age of twenty-nine, with the title of Empress Dowager.

The Women Behind the Failed Men - The Empresses of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (Part 2)

The last empress of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was Empress Chu Lingyuan of Sima Dewen, emperor of the Jin Dynasty, who was the daughter of Yixing Taishou Chu Shuang, and Chu Pizi was her maternal aunt. When Sima Dewen was still the Evil King of Lang, Chu Lingyuan was the princess. He was made empress in 419, and since Sima Dewen was a puppet supported by Liu Yu, he was destined to be only a transitional. After Liu Yu usurped the throne, Sima Dewen was demoted to the title of King of Lingling, and Chu Lingyuan became the Princess of Lingling. She and Sima Dewensheng had two daughters, Sima Maoying, Princess of Haiyan, and Princess Fuyang. Princess Fuyang's name is unknown, but Sima Maoying left her name because she had another identity, Empress Liu Yifu. Chu Lingyuan eventually died in the thirteenth year of Yuan Jia (436 AD) at the age of fifty-three, and was given the title empress Gongsi.

The Women Behind the Failed Men - The Empresses of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (Part 2)

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