Wang Zhaojun

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Wang Zhaojun was one of ancient China’s renowned Four Beauties, historically celebrated for her political marriage to a Xiongnu chieftain that helped secure peace between the Han dynasty and the nomadic tribes.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Zhaojun Tomb 0
Huhanye Chanyu 0
Zhaojunfen 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese woman
Four Beauties of ancient China
Han dynasty person
Xiongnu chanyu
historical figure
mausoleum
alsoKnownAs Mingfei NERFINISHED
associatedWith Han–Xiongnu relations NERFINISHED
frontier peace policy
commemoratedBy Zhaojun Tomb in Inner Mongolia (traditional site) NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Han dynasty NERFINISHED
culturalDepiction subject of Chinese operas
subject of many Chinese poems
subject of paintings
dedicatedTo Wang Zhaojun NERFINISHED
era Western Han dynasty NERFINISHED
ethnicity Han Chinese
familyName Wang NERFINISHED
gender female
givenName Zhaojun NERFINISHED
hasLegend story of being misrepresented by court painter
story of entering palace without bribing painters
influenced later Chinese frontier poetry themes
knownFor heqin (peace-making marriage) with Xiongnu
language Chinese
name Wang Zhaojun NERFINISHED
notableFor extraordinary beauty
political marriage to Xiongnu chieftain
promoting peace between Han dynasty and Xiongnu
occupation concubine of Xiongnu chanyu
court lady
partOf Four Beauties of China NERFINISHED
placeOfOrigin Nanzhang (traditional attribution)
present-day Hubei Province (traditional attribution)
residence Han imperial court NERFINISHED
Xiongnu territory NERFINISHED
spouse Huhanye Chanyu NERFINISHED
symbolizes Han–Xiongnu cultural exchange
sacrifice for peace
timePeriod 1st century BCE (approximate, traditional)
title Mingfei (Bright Consort) in some literary works NERFINISHED

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Zhaojun Tomb associatedWith Wang Zhaojun
Zhaojun Tomb dedicatedTo Wang Zhaojun
Zhaojun Tomb hasAlternativeName Wang Zhaojun
this entity surface form: Zhaojunfen
Zhaojun Tomb namedAfter Wang Zhaojun