▁N any ang , ▁Hen an . ▁Un like ▁most ▁Han ▁dynast y ▁em press es , ▁she ▁was ▁not ▁of ▁noble ▁birth ; ▁her ▁father , ▁He ▁Z hen ▁( 何 真 ), ▁was ▁a ▁but cher . ▁Her ▁mother ' s ▁ma iden ▁family ▁name ▁is ▁unknown , ▁but ▁her ▁given ▁name ▁was ▁" X ing " ▁( <0xE8> <0x88> <0x88> ). ▁She ▁had ▁two ▁half - bro thers , ▁He ▁Jin ▁and ▁He ▁M iao ▁( 何 <0xE8> <0x8B> <0x97> ), ▁and ▁a ▁younger ▁sister ▁who ▁married ▁the ▁( ado pt ed ) ▁son ▁of ▁the ▁e un uch ▁Z hang ▁Rang . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁leg ends , ▁she ▁joined ▁Emperor ▁L ing ' s ▁imperial ▁ha rem ▁after ▁her ▁family ▁b rib ed ▁the ▁e un uchs ▁task ed ▁with ▁selecting ▁women ▁to ▁serve ▁the ▁em peror . ▁She ▁was ▁seven ▁chi ▁and ▁one ▁c un ▁tall . ▁In ▁ 1 7 6 , ▁she ▁bore ▁Emperor ▁L ing ▁a ▁son , ▁Li u ▁Bian , ▁who ▁turned ▁out ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁em peror ' s ▁oldest ▁surv iving ▁son ▁because ▁his ▁other ▁sons ▁born ▁before ▁Li u ▁Bian ▁died ▁in ▁inf ancy ▁or ▁child hood . ▁As ▁Emperor ▁L ing ▁believed ▁that ▁he ▁lost ▁his ▁previous ▁sons ▁due ▁to ▁bad ▁luck , ▁he ▁ordered ▁Sh i ▁Z im iao ▁( 史 子 <0xE7> <0x9C> <0x87> ), ▁a ▁T ao ist , ▁to ▁raise ▁his ▁new born ▁son ; ▁Li u ▁Bian ▁was ▁given ▁the ▁title ▁" Mar