Ancient China · Family Member

Gong Jiang 共姜

Attested BC 770 - BC 720

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gong Jiang was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 770 to BC 720 共姜之誓
Derived from the source · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 6

Events and relationships

Swore not to enter a second household
Personal · Actor
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 6

Assessments and attributes

Assessment swore never to enter a second household; model of wifely duty and maternal virtue · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 6

References in the histories

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

其次梁鴻之妻，無辭偕隱，共姜之誓，不踐二庭，婦道母儀，克彰圖史，又其長也。 Then there were exemplars such as the wife of Liang Hong, who shared her husband's seclusion without complaint, and Gong Jiang, who swore never to enter a second household—models of wifely duty and maternal virtue celebrated in the histories; these too are among their strengths.