Empress Zhang
Empress Zhang was the daughter of Zhang Ji and empress of Cao Fang.
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Novel 1 ch. · History 2 vols.
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- Empress Zhang was the daughter of Zhang Ji and empress of Cao Fang.
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- After the incident, Sima Shi ordered his attendants to strangle her with a white silk cord inside the Donghua Gate.
Empress Zhang was the empress of Cao Wei emperor Cao Fang and appears in Chapter 109 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Deeds
In the second month of the fourth year of the Jiaping era (252), Lady Zhang was made Cao Fang’s empress (according to historical records).
In the sixth year of the Jiaping era, Empress Zhang’s father, Zhang Ji, was implicated in a plot with Li Feng, and Lady Zhang was deposed (according to historical records).
Chapter 109 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms depicts her discussing a campaign against Sima Shi with Cao Fang and worrying that a leak from the inner palace would implicate her. After Sima Shi bursts in, citing her as Zhang Ji’s daughter, he orders her taken to the inner side of Donghua Gate and strangled with a white silk cord (in the novel).
Relationships
- Father: Zhang Ji
- Husband: Cao Fang
Lines
- 演 ch.109 §17
「內廷耳目頗多，倘事泄露，必累妾矣！」
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Duels, kills and executions as the texts tell them, counted separately for the Records and the Romance.
- RomanceCh. 109ExecutionSima ShiLost「叱左右將張后捉出，至東華門內，用白練絞死」
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- I discussed this matter with His Majesty in the inner palace, my heart uneasy, as though the rumors outside had already