Zhang Chunhua was a Chinese noble lady and aristocrat.
11 Facts About Zhang Chunhua
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Zhang Chunhua was the wife of Sima Yi, a prominent military general and regent of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China.
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Zhang Chunhua was posthumously honoured as Empress Xuanmu in 266 by her grandson Sima Yan, who ended the Cao Wei state and established the Jin dynasty that year.
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Zhang Chunhua was from Pinggao County, Henei Commandery, which is present-day Wen County, Henan.
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Zhang Chunhua was born in the late Eastern Han dynasty.
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Zhang Chunhua's mother, whose maiden family name was "Shan", was a grandaunt of Shan Tao, one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove.
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Zhang Chunhua bore him a daughter whose personal name was not recorded in history, but was historically known as Princess Nanyang of the Jin dynasty.
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Zhang Chunhua was worried that the maid would leak out news that Sima Yi was well and get their family into trouble, so she killed the maid to silence her.
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Zhang Chunhua was buried at the Gaoyuan Mausoleum.
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Zhang Chunhua is first introduced as a playable character in the eighth instalment of Koei's Dynasty Warriors video game series.
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Zhang Chunhua appeared in the Hong Kong comic series The Ravages of Time by Chan Mou.