Evonne (275-228 BC), the daughter of Zhao, the wife of Uncle Lu Bu, the wife of an alien, the mother of Qin Shihuang, the queen of Qin and the queen mother, was the first woman in China history to be named "Empress Dowager" by posthumous title. She was surrounded by numerous legends and mysteries before and after her death.
Her real name is not recorded in history, and the title of Evonne was first seen in the historical novel History of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Zhao Ji, the mother of Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng and the queen of King Xiang Zhuang, was born in Handan, the capital of Zhao at that time (now Handan, Hebei). The first empress dowager in the history of China.
The historical background of Evonne
There are not many historical materials about Evonne's life experience for later generations to research, and there is no accurate record about his date of birth in the history books. However, according to the situation at that time, after the battle of Changping, Zhao was a "country without strong men", which inevitably encouraged women to marry early. It can be speculated that Evonne was born around 274 BC, 15 years after King Wuling of Zhao starved to death for more than 20 years.
In the process of her growth, Zhao was called the country of four wars, and there were constant wars with neighboring countries such as Yan, Qi, Han, Wei, Qin and Donghu. There is not a year when a big war did not happen in Zhao. After years of foreign wars, domestic nobles dominated the political affairs, and Zhao continued to decline. In such a world, no matter whether she was born rich or poor, her father, brother and family, together with her own life, are in jeopardy.