Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Birth mother of Fan Ye

Birth Mother of Fan Ye 范曄所生母

Attested c. AD 398 - c. AD 445

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Birth Mother of Fan Ye was a Birth mother of Fan Ye.

Life and dates

Attested activity

c. AD 398 to c. AD 445 曄所生母
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 69, passage 323

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Fan Ye (范曄)
birth mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Song 69, passages 102, 323

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 69Volume 69 Biographies 29: Liu Zhan, Fan Ye · 2 passages

母如廁產之，額為磚所傷，故以磚為小字。 His mother gave birth to him in a privy; his forehead was struck by a brick, and therefore Zhuan, meaning "Brick," became his childhood name.

曄所生母泣曰：「主上念汝無極，汝曾不能感恩，又不念我老，今日奈何？」 Ye's birth mother wept and said: "The sovereign has shown you boundless favor; you cannot even be grateful, nor spare a thought for my old age—what is to become of today?"