Ancient China · Exemplary Widow

Gong Jiang 共姜

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gong Jiang was an Exemplary Widow.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 6

Events and relationships

Cited for vow against second marriage
Literary · Exemplar alluded to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 6

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 203Volume 193 Biographies 143: Exemplary Women · 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。 Next are figures such as Liang Hong's wife, who followed her husband into seclusion without a word of protest, and Gong Jiang, who vowed never to enter a second household—their wifely virtue and maternal example are fully celebrated in the histories, and this too is their highest merit.