Sui and Tang · Named Individual

Dou Zhongniang 竇仲娘

Born c. AD 750

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Dou Zhongniang was a Named Individual.

Life and dates

Age

16
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 Boniang (竇伯娘)
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

Events and relationships

Cast herself into the ravine after her sister
AD 765 to AD 766 永泰中 · Suicide attempt · Actor
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 222
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 rites
AD 765 to AD 766 永泰中 · Funeral · Beneficiary
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 226

Assessments and attributes

Assessment bandits regarded her conduct as righteous and left · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 224
legs broken, face shattered, body covered in blood; ceased breathing a long time then revived
Physical injury
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 224

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.

賊方驚駭，仲娘又投於谷。 The bandits were horrified; Second Sister also cast herself into the ravine.

仲娘腳折面破，血流被體，氣絕良久而蘇，賊義之而去。 Second Sister's legs were broken and her face shattered, blood covering her body; she stopped breathing for a long time then revived; the bandits, moved by her conduct, left.