Ancient China · Consort

Cai wife of Duke Li 厲公蔡女

Attested BC 704

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cai wife of Duke Li was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 704 厲公取蔡女
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 39

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Duke Li Tuo (厲公佗)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 39

Events and relationships

Illicit relations with Cai people
Personal · Actor
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 39

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 36Houses of Chen and Qi · 1 passage

厲公取蔡女，蔡女與蔡人亂，厲公數如蔡淫。 Duke Li married a Cai woman, but the Cai woman had illicit relations with Cai people. Duke Li frequently went to Cai to be licentious.