Sui and Tang · Family Member

Cheng Shi 程氏

Attested AD 827 - AD 835

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cheng Shi was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 827 to AD 835 太和中
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 193, passages 291, 294

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Heng Fanghou (衡方厚)
wife 妻 · Widowed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passages 290-291

Events and relationships

Suppressed grief and obtained permission to bury
Personal · Widow
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passages 292-293
Walked to court cut off ear at Right Silver Terrace Gate
Legal · Petitioner · At Right Silver Terrace Gate 右銀臺門
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 294

Assessments and attributes

cut off her own ear at the Right Silver Terrace Gate
Physical description
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 294

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 193Volume 187 Biographies 137: Loyal and Righteous 1 · 3 passages

衡方厚妻程氏。 Heng Fanghou's wife, Lady Cheng.

程氏力不能免，乃抑其哀，如非冤者。 Cheng could not prevent it; she suppressed her grief as though he were not wronged.

程氏故得以徒行詣闕，截耳於右銀臺門，告夫被殺之冤。 Cheng thus traveled on foot to court, cut off her ear at the Right Silver Terrace Gate, and reported her husband's wrongful death.