Lady Wang of Langye (Sun Quan) 琅邪王夫人

According to the Biographies of Consorts in Records of Wu 5, Lady Wang, consort of Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu, was a native of Langye. She was selected to enter the palace, won favour during the Huangwu era and bore Sun He, and in favour she was second only to Lady Bu. Records, Wu 5 §21

According to the Biography of Sun He, Sun He was loved as a child because his mother, Lady Wang, enjoyed favour, and when he was fourteen a palace guard was established for him and the Prefect of the Palace Secretariat Kan Ze was made to teach him writing and the arts. In the first month of spring in the 5th year of Chiwu (242), Sun He became heir apparent at the age of nineteen. The Biography of the Lord of Wu records that when the officials then petitioned to establish an empress and four princes, Sun Quan halted the discussion, saying that he did not approve of raising ranks to favour consorts and concubines. Records, Wu 14 §22Records, Wu 2 §97

The Biographies of Consorts records that after Lady Bu died Sun He was made heir apparent and Sun Quan intended to make the lady empress. According to the record of Lady Wang of Nanyang, when Sun He became heir apparent his mother became honoured and esteemed, and the favoured concubines were all sent out to live outside the palace. Lady Wang of Nanyang, who had borne Sun Xiu, also went out to Gong'an, died there and was buried there. Records, Wu 5 §21 · 23

But Princess Quan had long hated the lady and gradually slandered her. The Biography of Sun He records that after this a rift arose between Lady Wang and Princess Quan. When Sun Quan lay ill, Sun He offered sacrifices at the ancestral temple, and Zhang Xiu, the uncle of Sun He's consort, who lived near the temple, invited Sun He to stop at his home. Princess Quan had someone spy on them and then said that the heir apparent was not at the temple but had gone to his consort's family to make plans, and also said that Lady Wang, seeing the sovereign lying ill, wore a look of joy. Records, Wu 5 §21Records, Wu 14 §27

Because of this Sun Quan rebuked the lady severely in his anger, and she died of grief. His favour toward Sun He also gradually declined, and Sun He feared being deposed. The Records do not record the year or place of her death. Records, Wu 5 §21Records, Wu 14 §27

The records of other consorts also note the rift between Princess Quan and Lady Wang. The record of Lady Zhu, consort of Sun Xiu, states that when Sun He was heir apparent Princess Quan slandered and harmed Lady Wang and sought to depose the heir apparent and set up Sun Ba, the Prince of Lu, but Princess Zhu would not go along, and a rift arose between them. According to the record of Lady Quan, consort of Sun Liang, when Lady Pan and her son came into favour, Princess Quan, because she herself had a rift with Sun He's mother, urged Sun Quan to take Quan Shang's daughter as wife for Sun Liang, and Sun Liang in the end became heir. Records, Wu 5 §31 · 28

In the 8th month of the 13th year of Chiwu (250), Sun Quan deposed the heir apparent Sun He and had him live at Guzhang. After Sun Liang took the throne Sun Jun assisted in the government, and the record of Sun He's concubine Consort He states that Sun Jun had always flattered and served Princess Quan, and that Princess Quan, because she had a rift with Sun He's mother, urged Sun Jun to move Sun He to live at Xindu. Sun Jun sent an envoy to order Sun He to die. Records, Wu 2 §108Records, Wu 5 §35Records, Wu 14 §31

When Sun He's son Sun Hao took the throne he posthumously honoured the lady as Empress Dayi and enfeoffed all three of her younger brothers as full marquises. In the year he took the throne, Sun Hao gave his father Sun He the posthumous title Emperor Wen and reburied him at the Ming Tomb. Records, Wu 5 §21Records, Wu 14 §32

In his assessment in the Biographies of Consorts, Chen Shou cited Duke Huan of Qi from long ago and Sun Quan from recent times, saying that both had the clear sight to recognize men of worth and the ambition of outstanding men, but because they did not distinguish between the sons of the principal wife and those of concubines, the women's quarters and the court fell into disorder and calamity flowed down to their descendants. Lady Wang is not named separately in the assessment. Records, Wu 5 §42