Guo Huai

Guo Huai (, 237–296), courtesy name Yuhuang or Yuanshao (, according to her entombed stele), was a niece of the general Guo Huai (郭淮; note that their Chinese names differ even if their romanized names do not), the second wife of Jia Chong, the mother of Jia Nanfeng, and the mother-in-law of Emperor Hui of Jin. During her life, she also went by Lady of Guangcheng and Lady of Yicheng. After her death, she received the posthumous name Xuan. Her life was marked by severe cruelty, jealousy, and dishonesty, although these accounts may have been colored by the bias of Book of Jin historians. Biography Marriage troubles Guo Huai's father Guo Pei was the governor of Chengyang Commandery and a younger brother of the Cao Wei general Guo Huai. She became Jia Chong's second wife in 257 after his first wife, Li Wan, was banished to the Korean border as a result of her father Li Feng's downfall and execution in 254. Jia Chong already had two daughters with Li Wan, including Jia Quan.