Dates uncertain · Mother of Chen Ying

Chen Ying's mother 嬰母

Ying mu

Dates uncertain

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Chen Ying's mother as a named individual. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Found inBook of Han

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Chen Ying's mother 嬰母 Ying mu
Kinship reference Chen's mother 嬰母
Kinship reference His mother 嬰母

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Named Individual

References in the histories

Open any source group to read the Chinese and English passage in context.

Book of Han, Chapter 117Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 · 2 passages
Open chapter
當秦之末，豪桀共推陳嬰而王之，嬰母止之曰：「自吾為子家婦，而世貧賤，卒富貴不祥，不如以兵屬人，事成少受其利，不成禍有所歸。」 At the end of Qin, local strongmen together urged Chen Ying to accept the title of king. His mother stopped him, saying, "Ever since I became a daughter-in-law in your family, we have been poor and lowly for generations. Sudden wealth and honor would be inauspicious. Better to place the troops under someone else: if the undertaking succeeds, you will receive a small share of the benefit; if it fails, the disaster will fall elsewhere."