honoured his late father with the posthumous title of an emperor, and instated his mother as the empress dowager. Empress Dowager He and her family became very powerful during her son's reign. It is not known when she died, although she probably lived to see the fall of Eastern Wu in 280 when it was conquered by the Jin dynasty. See also Eastern Wu family trees Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms References Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi). Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu). People of Eastern Wu Chinese empresses dowager 3rd-century Chinese women People from Zhenjiang