Lady Yu
Lady Yu, consort of Cao Wei’s Emperor Ming, Cao Rui, was dismissed and sent back to Ye Palace for bluntly criticizing the choice of empress.
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History · vol. 5Records of the Three Kingdoms
初，明帝為王，始納河內虞氏為妃，帝即位，虞氏不得立為后，太皇后卞太后慰勉焉。…
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初，明帝為王，始納河內虞氏為妃，帝即位，虞氏不得立為后，太皇后卞太后慰勉焉。虞氏曰：「曹氏自好立賤，未有能以義舉者也。然后職內事，君聽外政，其道相由而成，苟不能以善始，未有能令終者也。殆必由此亡國喪祀矣！」虞氏遂絀還鄴宮。進嘉為奉車都尉，曾騎都尉，寵賜隆渥。頃之，封嘉博平鄉侯，遷光祿大夫，曾駙馬都尉。嘉本典虞車工，卒暴富貴，明帝令朝臣會其家飲宴，其容止舉動甚蚩騃，語輒自謂「侯身」，時人以為笑。 〈孫盛曰：古之王者，必求令淑以對揚至德，恢王化於關雎，致淳風於麟趾。及臻三季，並亂茲緒，義以情溺，位由寵昏，貴賤無章，下陵上替，興衰隆廢，皆是物也。魏自武王，暨於烈祖，三后之升，起自幽賤，本既卑矣，何以長世？詩云：「絺兮绤兮，淒其以風。」其此之謂乎！ 〉后又加嘉位特進，曾遷散騎侍郎。青龍三年，嘉薨，追贈光祿大夫，改封安國侯，增邑五百，並前千戶，諡曰節侯。四年，追封后母夏為野王君。
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Lady Yu was taken as a concubine by Cao Rui, Emperor Ming of Cao Wei, while he was still a prince. She belonged to Cao Wei, and her chapter is not specified; she does not appear in the Romance.
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While Emperor Ming was still a prince, he first took Lady Yu of Hanoi as a concubine. After he ascended the throne, Lady Yu was not made empress, and Empress Dowager Bian, the grand empress dowager, once comforted and encouraged her. (According to historical records)
Lady Yu spoke frankly, criticizing the Cao clan for habitually making women of humble birth empresses. She believed that the empress should manage the ruler’s inner affairs while the ruler handled state affairs; if they could not make a good beginning, the state might fall and its ancestral sacrifices cease. She was subsequently deposed and returned to the palace at Ye. (According to historical records)
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- Spouse: Cao Rui (Emperor Ming)
- Once comforted and encouraged by Empress Dowager Bian, the grand empress dowager
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- 史 ch.5 §34
「曹氏自好立賤，未有能以義舉者也。然后職內事，君聽外政，其道相由而成，苟不能以善始，未有能令終者也。殆必由此亡國喪祀矣！」
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History · vol. 5
- Cao Rui§34
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Was first taken as a consort when Emperor Ming was a prince; after he ascended the throne, she was demoted and returned to the Ye Palace