Empress Wang refuses to look at the emperor’s naked women
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Empress Wang refuses to look at the emperor’s naked women
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In another illustration from the Illustrated Biographies of Exemplary Women, Emperor Ming (reigned 466-472) of the Liu Song dynasty once outraged his empress during a grand gathering in which he had everyone watch a group of palace women take their clothes off. Unwilling to take part, Empress Wang covered her face with her fan. When she criticized the emperor for his excesses, he became angry and ordered her to leave.
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See Hanshu, 97b.4010-4011.
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Illustrated Biographies of Exemplary Women, Emperor Ming
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See Hanshu, 97b.4010-4011., “Empress Wang refuses to look at the emperor’s naked women,” KU Libraries Exhibits, accessed February 16, 2025, https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/items/show/6368.