the Lady Zhao; after the king's death, she was the Queen Dowager (Chinese: 太后). The daughter of a prominent family of Zhao, she was a concubine of the merchant...

扁鹊何益？”遂不使治疾，赐黄金五十斤，罢之。) (高祖崩，太后使使召赵王，其相昌令王称疾不行。使者三反，昌曰：“高帝属臣赵王，王年少，窃闻太后怨戚夫人，欲召赵王并诛之。臣不敢遣王，王且亦疾，不能奉诏。”太后怒，乃使使召赵相。相至，谒太后，太后骂昌曰：“尔不知我之怨戚氏乎？而不遣赵王！”昌既被征，高后使使召赵王。)...

之，中黃門持兵守閤。會日暮，術因燒南宮九龍門及東西宮，欲以脅出讓等。讓等入白太后，言大將軍兵反，燒宮，攻尚書闥，因將太后、天子及陳留王，又劫省內官屬，從複道走北宮。尚書盧植執戈於閣道䆫下，仰數段珪。段珪等懼，乃釋太后。太后投閣得免。) Houhanshu vol. 69....

(袁紹復說進曰：「前竇武欲誅內寵而反為所害者， ... 我柰何楚楚與士人對共事乎？」進難違太后意，且欲誅其放縱者。紹以為中官親近至尊，出入號令，今不悉廢，後必為患。而太后母舞陽君及苗數受諸宦官賂遺，知進欲誅之。數白太后，為其障蔽。又言：「大將軍專殺左右，擅權以弱社稷。」太后疑以為然。中官在省闥者或數十年，封侯貴寵，膠固內外。進新當...

lineage of the Mi clan of Chu (華陽太后 羋姓 熊氏; 296–230 BC), a royal of Chu by birth Queen Dowager Xia, of the Xia lineage (夏太后 夏氏; 300–240 BC), the mother of...

or formally called as Grand Queen Mother Hyosuk (Korean: 효숙왕태후; Hanja: 孝肅王太后) during her son's reign, was a Goryeo royal family member as the third daughter...

promoted from a Royal consort's position into Queen Mother Sinjeong (신정왕태후; 神靜王太后) and was buried in Sureung tomb; she also received a posthumous name. In April...

(袁紹復說進曰：「前竇武欲誅內寵而反為所害者， ... 我柰何楚楚與士人對共事乎？」進難違太后意，且欲誅其放縱者。紹以為中官親近至尊，出入號令，今不悉廢，後必為患。而太后母舞陽君及苗數受諸宦官賂遺，知進欲誅之。數白太后，為其障蔽。又言：「大將軍專殺左右，擅權以弱社稷。」太后疑以為然。中官在省闥者或數十年，封侯貴寵，膠固內外。進新當...

"Biographies of Empresses" (太后自以行不修，惧宗室所嫌，于是内为朋党，防蔽耳目，肃宗所亲幸者，太后多以事害焉). Book of Wei, vol. 13, "Biographies of Empresses" (时太后得志，逼幸清河王怿，淫乱肆情，为天下所恶). LAU Lai...

太后自養協，號曰董侯。) Houhanshu vol. 10 (Part 2). (初，后自養皇子協，數勸帝立為太子，而何皇后恨之，議未及定而帝崩。) Houhanshu vol. 10 (Part 2). (何太后臨朝，重與太后兄大將軍進權埶相害，后每欲參干政事，太后...