平阳公主 / Pingyang Princess (Western Han)

Overview

平阳公主 / Pingyang Princess enters the wiki through Hanji 616 plus as 汉武帝’s sister and a source-scoped example of elite female remarriage in the Western Han.

Current Profile

The episode uses Pingyang Princess’s widowhood and later marriage to 卫青 to argue that Han royal women did not face the same absolute remarriage stigma associated with later chastity ideals. Her political and economic rank matters to that interpretation: the case demonstrates possibility for an imperial woman, not a uniform experience shared by all Han women.

Key Characteristics

• Western Han imperial princess and sister of Han Wudi in the episode’s account.
• Widowed royal woman used as a remarriage example.
• Later spouse of Wei Qing in the source narrative.
• Case where title and resources widen intimate and marital choice.

Evidence

• Royal identity and remarriage: Hanji 616 plus identifies Pingyang Princess as Han Wudi’s sister and says she married Wei Qing after widowhood.
• Interpretive role: Hanji 616 plus uses the marriage to support its contrast between Han remarriage latitude and later widow-chastity pressure.

Qualifications

This page is bounded to one short podcast discussion. It does not reconstruct Pingyang Princess’s complete marital history, household, patronage network, or role in Wei Qing’s rise, and one elite princess cannot establish the experience of ordinary Han women.

What Changed

• Created the page as the episode’s clearest Western Han elite-remarriage case.

Relationships

• 卫青 - later husband in the episode’s remarriage example.
• 汉武帝 - imperial brother who locates her inside the Western Han royal house.
• 女性婚姻能动性的历史变动 / Female Marriage Agency Across Periods - concept her remarriage illustrates at an elite level.
• 西汉 - dynasty context for the source’s comparison of marriage norms.