Consort Chen Guinü ( zh, c=, s=陈归女, t=陳歸女, p=Chén Guīnǚ; ), formally Empress Dowager Ande (; literally "the peaceful and virtuous empress dowager") was an imperial consort during the

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. She was Emperor Xiaowu's

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Life

Chen Guinü's father Chen Guang () was initially a musician, but he later became a governmental official and reached the rank of commandery governor. Chen Guinü is a

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in the

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; she was regarded as beautiful and skilled in music. Chen Guinü was selected to be a concubine (with the rank of ''shuyuan'') for Emperor Xiaowu. They had two sons— Sima Dezong the

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and Sima Dewen the Prince of Langye. She died in 390, still during Emperor Xiaowu's reign.(入宫为淑媛，生安、恭二帝。太元十五年薨，...) ''Jin Shu'', vol.32 After her

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son Sima Dezong became emperor in 396 (as Emperor An), she was posthumously honored as an empress dowager, and she was worshiped in the same temple as Emperor Xiaowu's grandmother Consort Zheng Achun ().

Media

*She is portrayed by Lu Qing in the 2017 television series '' General and I''

References

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