Princess Eyi Gaichang (?– 80 BC), of the Liu clan, whose name, character, rank, and birth mother are unknown, was the daughter of Liu Che, emperor of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu's identity was the imperial daughter, Princess Eyi, and Emperor Zhao was crowned as the eldest princess. She was the half-sister of Liu Fuling, the Emperor of Han Zhao, and was known as Princess Eyi because her fief was in Eyi. Because he married Gai Hou as his wife, or his birth mother's surname was Gai, he was also called Gai Lord or Egai Lord.
There is no clear record in the history books of Princess Eyi's husband, who had a son named "Wenxin", a grandson named "Tan", and a granddaughter as the Queen of Hejian. According to Juyan Xinjian, the princess had a grandson named "Ding Zituo". Because the princess once had a side called Ding Wairen, there is speculation that Ding Zituo is the grandson of the princess and Ding Wairen. However, it is also possible that the princess's husband was Ding Yi, the Marquis of Lecheng, and Ding Zituo was the legitimate grandson of the princess.
After the death of Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Han Zhao was young and motherless when he ascended the throne, and because Princess Eyi was the only living sister of Emperor Han Zhao, she raised Emperor Han Zhao in the palace, and was repeatedly knighted by Yi and given the title of Princess of Eyi. In the first year of Yuan Feng (80 BC), he conspired with Liu Dan, Shangguan Jie, Shangguan An, and Sang Hongyang to eliminate Huo Guang, and committed suicide after the defeat.
On November 12, 2014, the staff of the Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Research Institute conducted a meticulous excavation and study of a large tomb in Zhijiagou Village, Huaxu Town, Lantian County, Shaanxi Province, and determined that the owner of the tomb was Princess Eyichang, the daughter of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and had been mistakenly recognized by locals as the Jingke Tomb.
Biography
Princess Eyi Gaichang (?-80 BC), out of the woods, ranked unknown.
The history books do not record the mother of Princess Eyi. His husband is also not explicitly documented. The princess had a son named Wenxin, a grandson named Tan, and a granddaughter who was the Queen of Hejian (presumably married to Liu Qing, the Prince of Hejian Filial Piety, who reigned from 97 bc to 54 BC). However, after the death of her husband, Princess Eyi fell in love with a commoner, Ding Wairen, and according to Juyan Xinjian records, the princess had a grandson named Ding Zituo, so there is speculation that Ding Zituo was the grandson of the princess and Ding Wairen, and the princess's husband was Gaihou.
However, there is also a possibility that the princess's mother's surname is Gai, similar to Empress Dou's daughter called Dou Tai lord, Empress Wei's daughter called Princess Wei Chang, Han Jian's second year of the law in the history books such as Princess Li, Princess Shentu, Princess Rong, Princess Fu and other historical books do not see the custom of referring to the mother's surname, Princess Eyi is also known as Gai Lord, she married Ding Surname Liehou --- Lecheng Marquis Ding Yi, Ding Zituo is the legitimate grandson of the princess.
Emperor Zhao of Han was only eight years old when he ascended the throne, and his mother Zhao Jieyu was given death by Emperor Wu of Han and had no mother to watch over. When Princess Eyi was the only living sister of Emperor Han Zhao, Princess Eyi raised Emperor Han Zhao in the palace; On the day of Emperor Han Zhao's ascension to the throne, he made Princess Eyi The Princess of Eyi, and he made Princess Eyi several times a knight. Princess Eyi and her son's protégé Ding had an affair. When Emperor Zhao of Han and the general Huo Guang heard about this, they constantly displeased Princess Eyi, and ordered Ding Wairen to serve Princess Eyi.
Princess Eyi chose a woman from the Zhou Yang clan to send to the palace and promised her to Emperor Zhao of Han. It just so happened that Shangguan An also had a daughter, Shangguan Shi (Shangguan Empress), who was the granddaughter of the auxiliary chancellor Huo Guang, who was about the same age as Emperor Zhao of Han, and Shangguan An persuaded Huo Guang to send The Shangguan clan to the palace. Huo Guang thought that the child was still young, so he did not agree. Shangguan An was usually very good with Ding Wairen, so he went to persuade Ding Wairen: "I heard that the eldest princess wants to choose a woman to enter the palace, my daughter has a good appearance, if you can take advantage of the opportunity of the eldest princess to choose a woman to enter the palace and become an empress, our father and son (referring to Shangguan An and his father Shangguan Jie) are officials in the imperial court, and there is a pepper room (the name of the empress's bedchamber) as a dependency, it all depends on you to be perfect." The old practice of the Han family was to let the Marquis marry a princess (Liehou Shang lord), are you still worried that you can't seal the Marquis?" Ding Wairen was very happy and told the princess about this matter, and the princess thought it was very reasonable, so she summoned Shangguan An's daughter into the palace to be a concubine, and Shangguan An was made a knight lieutenant. After more than a month, she was made empress of the Shangguan clan, and at that time, The Shangguan Empress was only six years old.
After that, the empress's father, Shangguan An, was appointed as a cheqi general and given the title of Marquis of Sangle. Huo Guang sometimes went out of the palace on vacation, and Shangguan Jie entered the palace to handle political affairs instead of Huo Guang. After Shangguan Jie's father and son were in a position of great dignity, they were very grateful to Princess Eyi, and they planned to request a marquis for the princess's face, Ding Wairen, hoping to make Ding Wairen a marquis in accordance with the previous practice of the state that only the princes and princesses were married, but Huo Guang did not agree. They also asked for the post of Guanglu Doctor for Ding Wairen, hoping to be summoned by Emperor Zhao, but Huo Guang again refused. The eldest princess was therefore very resentful of Huo Guang. Shangguan Jie and Shangguan An were also ashamed because they had not succeeded in seeking official titles for Ding Wairen several times. Moreover, Shangguan Ji and Huo Guang were both auxiliary ministers and did not want Huo Guang to monopolize the government, so Shangguan's father and son competed with Huo Guang for power.
It coincided with the time when Liu Dan, the King of Yan, thought that he was Emperor Zhao's brother, but did not inherit the throne, and he often held a grudge. There was also the imperial master Sang Hongyang suggested the establishment of a liquor monopoly, salt and iron official camp system, for the country to increase the wealth, Sang Hongyang was proud of his achievements, planning to seek official positions for his children, but did not do so, so he also resented Huo Guang. Therefore, Princess Eyi, Shangguan Jie, Shangguan An, and Sang Hongyang conspired with Liu Dan, the King of Yan, to pretend to have someone write to Emperor Zhao on behalf of the King of Yan, accusing Huo Guang of "monopolizing power and self-indulgence, suspecting that there is something extraordinary." Shangguan Ji intended to send his affairs directly from the palace, and Sang Hongyang, together with other ministers, arrested Huo Guang and relieved him of his duties. Unexpectedly, this plan was discovered by Emperor Zhao, who expressed his full trust in Huo Guang, believing that the King of Yan would not know about the recent affairs of the imperial court, and even if Huo Guang wanted to do something illegal, he did not need to increase his own shogunate's lieutenants.
At this time, Emperor Zhao was only fourteen years old, and Shangshu and the ministers around him were surprised, and the person who delivered the letter did indeed escape, and the government began to urgently search for him. Shangguan Ji and the others were frightened, so they told the emperor that this was just a small matter and it was not worth pursuing to the end, and the emperor did not listen.
Later, whenever Shangguan Jie's henchmen said bad things about Huo Guang, Emperor Zhao became angry: "The great general is a loyal subject, and those entrusted by the former emperor to assist him, and those who dare to slander him will be sentenced to him." From then on, Shangguan Jie and the others did not dare to say anything bad about Huo Guang again, so they plotted to have Princess Eyi put on a banquet and invite Huo Guang to a banquet, preparing to ambush the soldiers to kill him, and take the opportunity to depose Emperor Zhao and welcome the King of Yan as the son of heaven. When the matter was discovered, Huo Guang killed Shangguan Jie, Shangguan An, Sang Hongyang, Ding Wairen, and others and their families. The King of Yan and the Princess of Eyi also committed suicide.