Sui and Tang · Maid

Chuncao 春草

Attested AD 746 - AD 747

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chuncao was a Maid.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 746 to AD 747 天寶
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 134, passage 157

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 134Volume 134 Biographies 59: Yuwen, Wei, Yang, Wang · 4 passages

會婢春草有罪，將殺之，敬忠曰：「勿殺，賣之可市十牛，歲耕田十頃。」 When the maid Chuncao was found guilty and about to be executed, Jingzhong said, "Do not kill her. Sell her and you can buy ten oxen — enough to farm ten qing of land each year."

婢入貴妃姊家，因得見帝。 The maid was sold into the household of the consort's elder sister and thus came before the emperor.

帝常問所從來，婢奏為慎矜家所賣。 When the emperor asked where she came from, the maid said she had been sold by Shenjin's household.

而婢漏言於楊國忠，國忠、鉷方睦，陰相語。 The maid also let word of this reach Yang Guozhong. Guozhong and Wang Hong were then on good terms and conferred in secret.