夏姬 / 夏太后 / Lady Xia
夏姬 / 夏太后 / Lady Xia enters the wiki through 《资治通鉴·秦纪》101-1｜这位倒霉君王登基三天即猝死. After 秦孝文王 dies and 子楚 / 秦庄襄王 succeeds, the episode says Zichu honors his biological mother Xia Ji as 夏太后.
Her source role is positional but important. 华阳夫人 remains the adoptive, status-making mother whose line made Zichu’s succession possible through 子以母贵式继承杠杆, while Xia Ji marks the biological maternal line that is also ritually elevated once Zichu becomes king.
Connections
- 异人 / 子楚 / 秦庄襄王 - son who honors her as queen dowager.
- 秦孝文王 - ruler whose death opens Zichu’s accession.
- 华阳夫人 - adoptive mother honored in parallel as 华阳太后.
- 子以母贵式继承杠杆 and 书面继承凭证 - succession background that explains why the adoptive and biological maternal lines both matter.