Sui and Tang · Named Individual

Dou Boniang 竇伯娘

c. AD 747 - AD 765

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Dou Boniang was a Named Individual.

Life and dates

Death

AD 765 to AD 766 永泰中
Suicide by jumping into a ravine hundreds of feet deep · At deep ravine 深谷
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passages 221, 223

Age

19
AD 765 to AD 766 永泰中
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 218

Attested activity

AD 765 to AD 766 永泰中
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passages 216, 218

Family

Sibling of Dou Zhongniang (竇仲娘)
younger sister 妹
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passages 216, 218

Career and standing

gate and lane marked by edict 旌表門閭
AD 765 to AD 766 永泰中 · Received
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 226

Places and affiliations

At Fengtian County 奉天縣 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 216
At village bordering Bin Prefecture 與邠州接界 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 217
Organization Dou clan 竇氏 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 216

Works and attributed material

I will never suffer defilement by bandits! 我豈受賊汙辱！
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Dou Boniang (竇伯娘)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 220

Events and relationships

Cast herself into a deep ravine
AD 765 to AD 766 永泰中 · Suicide · Actor
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passages 220-221
Dragged from cave by bandits
AD 765 to AD 766 永泰中 · Violence · Victim
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passages 218-219
State provided burial
AD 765 to AD 766 永泰中 · Funeral · Honored dead
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 226

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 193Volume 187 Biographies 137: Loyal and Righteous 1 · 5 passages

奉天縣竇氏二女伯娘、仲娘，雖長於村野，而幼有志操。 The two daughters of the Dou clan of Fengtian County—Elder Sister and Second Sister—though raised in the countryside, had resolute wills from youth.

永泰中，草賊數千人，持兵刃入其村落行剽劫，聞二女有容色，姊年十九，妹年十六，藏於巖窟間。 In the Yongtai era several thousand bandits armed with blades entered their village to plunder; hearing the two sisters were beautiful—the elder nineteen, the younger sixteen—they hid in a cave.

賊徒擬為逼辱，乃先曳伯娘出，行數十步，又曳仲娘出，賊相顧自慰。 The bandits meant to violate them; they first dragged out Elder Sister, went several tens of paces, then dragged out Second Sister; the bandits looked at one another with satisfaction.

行臨深谷，伯娘曰：「我豈受賊汙辱！」 As they came to a deep ravine, Elder Sister cried, "I will never suffer defilement by bandits!"

谷深數百尺，姊尋卒； The ravine was hundreds of feet deep; the elder sister died at once;