Commoner's wife of Xiaochang Village (小常村民婦)

Overview

Commoner's wife of Xiaochang Village was an Exemplary Woman.

Life and dates

Death

Killed · At beside the road 道傍
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 115

Attested activity

AD 1130 to AD 1134 同時
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passage 115

Places and affiliations

At Xiaochang Village 小常村 · Relation Encountered at
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 115

Events and relationships

Buried by locals
Ritual · Deceased
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 116
Killed for refusing defilement
Violence · Victim
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 115
Seized
Violence · Victim · With Yang Kou (楊寇)
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 115

Assessments and attributes

Assessment swore to die rather than be defiled · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 115

Source notes

Where her body had lain, the imprint remained distinct: dry in rain, damp in clear weather, reappearing if scraped away or covered with other earth.
Field posthumous-portent
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passages 117-119

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 460Volume 460 Biographies 219: Exemplary Women: Zhu E, Zhang Shi, Peng Lienu, Hao Jiee, Zhu Shi, Cui Shi, Zhao Shi, Ding Shi, Xiang Shi, Wang Shierfu, Xu Shi, Rong Shi, He Shi, Dong Shi, Tan Shi, Liu Shi, Zhang Shi, Shi Shi, Chen Tangqian, Jie Fuliaoshi, Liu Dangkemu, Ceng Shifu, Wang Maoqi, Tu Duanyouqi, Zhan Shinu, Liu Shengqi, Xie Biqi, Xie Fangdeqi, Wang Zhenfu, Zhao Huaiqie, Tan Shifu, Wu Zhongfuqi, Lu Zhong Zhunu, Lin Laonu, Tong Shinu, Han Shinu, Wang Shifu, Liutong Ziqi Mao Xixi · 1 passage

Open chapter

同時，叛卒楊寇南劍州，道出小常村，掠一民婦，欲與亂，婦毅然誓死不受汙，遂遇害，棄屍道傍。 At the same time the mutineer Yang Kou passed through Nanjian Prefecture via Xiaochang Village, seized a commoner's wife, and tried to violate her. She swore to die rather than be defiled, was killed, and her body was cast beside the road.