Yuan · Exemplary Widow

Duan 段氏

Attested AD 1271 - AD 1368

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duan was an Exemplary Widow.

Life and dates

Age

26
Reckoning Stated
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 122

Attested activity

AD 1271 to AD 1368 元受命百餘年
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 200, passage 120

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Adopted son of Huo Rong (霍榮養子)
adopted son 養子 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 121
Kin of Father-in-law of Duan (段氏之舅)
father-in-law 舅
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 122
Kin of Mother-in-law of Duan (段氏之姑)
mother-in-law 姑
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 122
Spouse of Huo Rong (霍榮)
wife 妻
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 120

Career and standing

Entered
Widow
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 122

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 200Volume 200 Biographies 87: Exemplary Women 1 · 3 passages

段氏，隆興霍榮妻也。 Lady Duan was the wife of Huo Rong of Longxing.

榮卒，段氏年二十六，養舅姑以孝稱。 When Rong died Duan was twenty-six. She supported her parents-in-law and was famed for filial devotion.

舅姑歿，榮諸父仲汶貪其產，謂段曰：「汝子假子也，可令歸宗。 When her parents-in-law died Rong's paternal uncle Zhongwen coveted her property and said to Duan, "Your son is a borrowed son. He can be sent back to his clan.