Elder sister of Yang Jian's consort (妃姊元氏婦)

Overview

The translated histories identify Elder sister of Yang Jian's consort as a family member. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Elder sister of Yang Jian's consort	妃姊元氏婦	Fēi Zǐ Yuán Shì Fù
Descriptive kinship	elder sister of Yang Jian's consort; wife in the Yuan clan	妃姊元氏婦	Fēi Zǐ Yuán Shì Fù

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Anonymous individuated
Sex: Female

Value: female
Explicit · suishu:059:s0222, suishu:059:s0228

Roles

Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Cause: ordered suicide · Responsible Person Id: Yang Guang (楊廣)
Explicit · suishu:059:s0228

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 大業年間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 605 · End: AD 618
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0222, suishu:059:s0228

Family

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Parent of Daughter of Yang Jian and his consort's elder sister (一女)
Kinship Term: bore a daughter / 產一女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: daughter
Sibling of Lady Wei, consort of Yang Jian (暕妃韋氏)
Kinship Term: consort's elder sister / 妃姊 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder sister · Object Role: younger sister
Spouse of Husband from the Yuan clan
Kinship Term: wife in the Yuan clan / 元氏婦 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband

Career and standing

Action: ordered to commit suicide · Authority Person Id: Yang Guang (楊廣)
Explicit · suishu:059:s0228

Places and affiliations

Polity: Sui · Relation: associated-with
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0222, suishu:059:s0228

Source notes

Statement: a physiognomist predicted that she would become empress · Provenance: Mode: prediction
Explicit · suishu:059:s0224, suishu:059:s0225

References in the histories

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Book of Sui, Chapter 59Volume 59 Biographies 24: Three Sons of Emperor Yang · 3 passages

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暕妃韋氏者，民部尚書沖之女也，早卒，暕遂與妃姊元氏婦通，遂產一女，外人皆不得知。 Zheng's consort was Lady Wei, daughter of Minister of the Household Chong; she died young, and Zheng then had relations with his consort's elder sister, wife of the Yuan clan, who bore a daughter—outsiders knew nothing of it.

召相工令遍視後庭，相工指妃姊曰：「此產子者當為皇后。 He summoned a physiognomist to inspect the entire rear court; the physiognomist pointed to the consort's sister and said, "She who has borne a child shall become empress.

至是，事皆發，帝大怒，斬令則等數人，妃姊賜死，暕府僚皆斥之邊遠。 At this point all the matters came to light; the emperor was greatly angered, executed Lingze and several others, ordered the consort's sister to take her own life, and banished all of Zheng's staff to the distant frontier.