Cai Sanyu (蔡三玉) | 24 Histories

Overview

Cai Sanyu was an Exemplary Woman of Longxi.

suicide by drowning 自投江水而死 · At Liuying River 柳營江
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 303

AD 1271 to AD 1368 undated Yuan-dynasty biography
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 200, passages 299-300

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

honorific gate and corvée relief 旌門复役
Received
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 306

Polity Id yuan · Relation Subject of
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 200, passage 299
At Liuying River 柳營江 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 302
At Longxi 龍溪 · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 299

Bandits tried to force marriage at Liuying River
Personal · Victim
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 302
Driven into boat with Lady Ou by bandits
Military · Victim
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 301
Hid with husband's sister in neighboring shrine during Zhangzhou bandit raid on Longxi
Military · Actor
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 300
Pretended consent then threw herself into the river
Personal · Actor
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 303
Relation Fellow captive of · Person Lady Ou (歐氏)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 301

Assessment high conduct · Mode named-source-report
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 305
beautiful
Physical description
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 301
Item burial money 錢 · Relation Bestowed for burial
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 306

History of Yuan, Chapter 200Volume 200 Biographies 87: Exemplary Women 1 · 5 passages