钩弋夫人 / Lady Gouyi (Western Han)

Overview

钩弋夫人 / Lady Gouyi enters the wiki through Hanji 396-1 as 汉昭帝刘弗陵’s mother, whose death before Han Zhao’s accession helps explain why 鄂邑 / 盖长公主 is brought into the palace to care for the young ruler.

Current Profile

The source uses Lady Gouyi as background for Han Zhao’s household vulnerability rather than as a full biography. Her absence creates the care gap around an eight-year-old emperor and makes the older princess’s palace role politically consequential. That household arrangement later intersects with consort selection, 丁外人’s access to the princess, and six-year-old 上官氏’s entry.

Key Characteristics

• Mother of Han Zhao.
• Deceased palace figure whose absence creates a care gap around the child emperor.
• Background figure connecting succession, harem politics, and princess household authority.

Evidence

Household setup:

• Hanji 396-1 says Han Zhao’s mother Gouyi Furen had been killed by Han Wudi before the princess was brought in to care for him.

Qualifications

This page is bounded to Hanji 396-1. It does not reconstruct Lady Gouyi’s full life, death procedure, relationship with Han Wudi, or later historiographical debate.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 396-1’s household-background explanation for Han Zhao.

Relationships

• 汉昭帝刘弗陵 / Emperor Zhao of Han - son whose childhood court arrangement is shaped by her absence.
• 盖长公主 / Gai Chang Gongzhu (Western Han) - princess brought in to care for Han Zhao after Gouyi Furen’s death.
• Emperor Wu of Han / 汉武帝 - ruler identified by the source as having killed Gouyi Furen.