Empress Dowager Bo, personal name lost to history, was an imperial concubine of Emperor Gaozu of Han. She was also known as Consort Bo during the life of the Emperor, and more formally as either Empre
Statue of Consort Bo (front), part of a series of statues depicting The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars
Emperor Gaozu of Han, personal name Liu Bang, was the founder and first emperor of the Han dynasty.
Empress Dowager Bo
…Empress Dowager Bo (Chinese: 薄太后), personal name lost to history, was an imperial concubine of Emperor Gaozu of Han (Liu Bang). She was also known as Consort Bo (薄姬) during the life of the Emperor, and more formally as either Empress Dowager Xiaowen (孝文太后) or (rarer…
A Ming dynasty portrait of Liu Bang
Liu Bang, in an illustration by the Qing dynasty artist Shangguan Zhou (上官周; 1665–1749)
A Western Han female dancer in silk robes, 2nd century BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Xiang Zhuang intended to assassinate Liu Bang by pretending to perform a sword dance
A portrait of Liu Bang from an 18th-century album of Chinese emperors' portraits[citation needed]