Ancient China · Consort

Cai wife of Duke Wen 文公蔡女

Attested BC 752

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cai wife of Duke Wen was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 752 文公元年，取蔡女
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 22

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Duke Li Tuo (厲公佗)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passages 22, 28
Spouse of Duke Wen Yu (文公圉)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 22

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 36Houses of Chen and Qi · 2 passages

文公元年，取蔡女，生子佗。 In the first year of Duke Wen's reign, he married a Cai woman and had a son named Tuo.

桓公弟佗，其母蔡女，故蔡人為佗殺五父及桓公太子免而立佗，是為厲公。 Duke Huan's younger brother Tuo, whose mother was a Cai woman: the Cai people killed Wu Fu and Duke Huan's crown prince Mian on Tuo's behalf, then established Tuo, who became Duke Li.