A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Fei Yen
562 Fei Yen 飛燕 (= Flying Swallow). 1st cent. B.C. A beautiful lady of humble extraction, who was taken as concubine by a man of wealth and taught to sing and to dance. She subsequently attracted the attention of the Emperor Ch'eng Ti of the Han dynasty, and was taken to the palace, being finally raised to the rank of Empress.