Empress Yan

Empress Yan is the name of:

  • Empress Yan (Li Qi), empress of the Chinese/Di state Cheng Han, 334-338
  • Empress Yan (Zhaowen), empress of the Chinese/Di (ethnic group) state Cheng Han, 338-343
  • Empress Yan Ji (died 126), empress during Han Dynasty, 108–125
  • Empress Yang Yan (238–274), empress of Jin Dynasty (265-420)
  • Empress Zhang Yan (202–163 BC), empress during the Han Dynasty

Famous quotes containing the word empress:

    “We never really are the adults we pretend to be. We wear the mask and perhaps the clothes and posture of grown-ups, but inside our skin we are never as wise or as sure or as strong as we want to convince ourselves and others we are. We may fool all the rest of the people all of the time, but we never fool our parents. They can see behind the mask of adulthood. To her mommy and daddy, the empress never has on any clothes—and knows it.”
    —Frank Pittman (20th century)