Grand Princess of Gun (袞國大長公主)

Overview

Grand Princess of Gun was a Royal Family Member.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Xianyi	賢懿	Xianyi

Life and dates

Death

AD 1083 元豐六年
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 92

Age

24
Reckoning Sui · Context at death
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 92

Attested activity

AD 1083 元豐六年
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 92
AD 1077 十年夏
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 248, passages 87, 90
AD 1061 嘉祐六年
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 84
AD 1067 治平四年
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 86
AD 1076 熙甯九年
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 87

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of the Emperor (帝)
daughter 女 · paternal line
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 83
Spouse of Cao Shi (曹詩)
married 下嫁 · Marriage
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 88
Parent of Min (旼)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 93
Parent of Ye (曄)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 93

Kinship Role sons · Count 2
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 93

Career and standing

Xianyi 賢懿
Posthumous name
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 92
State of Lu 魯國
AD 1076 熙甯九年 · Changed
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 87
Yongshou 永壽
AD 1061 嘉祐六年 · Granted
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 84
Grand Imperial Princess Xianyi Gongmu 賢懿恭穆大長帝姬
Posthumously changed
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 94
Princess of Jing 荊國
AD 1083 元豐六年 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 92
Grand Princess of Bin 邠國大長公主
AD 1067 治平四年 · Promoted
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 86

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Princess of Rong 榮國長公主
Promoted
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 85

Works and attributed material

上方損膳徹樂，吾何心能安。
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 90

Events and relationships

Refused birthday feast
AD 1077 十年夏 · Ritual · Subject
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 248, passages 87, 90-91

Assessments and attributes

Assessment frugal by nature and added nothing to pools, terraces, or gardens · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 89

Source notes

the emperor's eleventh daughter
Field birth-order
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 83

References in the histories

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History

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History of Song, Chapter 248Volume 248 Biographies 7: Princesses, Dachang Princess of the State of Qin, Six Daughters of Taizu, Two Daughters of Zhenzong, Thirteen Daughters of Renzong, Four Daughters of Yingzong, Ten Daughters of Shenzong, Four Daughters of Zhezong, Thirty Three Daughters of Huizong, Two Daughters of Xiaozong, Three Daughters of Guangzong, Daughter of Weihui Xianwang, Daughter of Ningzong, Daughter of Lizong · 9 passages

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袞國大長公主，帝第十一女也。 The Grand Princess of Gun was the emperor's eleventh daughter.

嘉祐六年，封永壽。 In 1061 she received the title Yongshou.

進榮國長公主。 She was promoted to Princess of Rong.

治平四年，進邠國大長公主。 In 1067 she was raised to Grand Princess of Bin.

熙甯九年，改魯國。 In 1076 her fief was redesignated as the State of Lu.

主性儉節，于池台苑囿一無所增飭。 She was frugal by nature and never enlarged her pools, terraces, or gardens.

十年夏，旱，曹族以主生日將盛具為壽，主曰：「上方損膳徹樂，吾何心能安。」 In the summer of the tenth year, during a drought, the Cao clan prepared a lavish birthday feast; she said, "The court is cutting back meals and suspending music—how could I enjoy such a celebration?"

元豐六年薨，年二十四，追封荊國，諡賢懿。 She died in 1083 at twenty-four; posthumously she was made Princess of Jing with the epithet Xianyi.

徽宗追封袞國，又改賢懿恭穆大長帝姬。 Huizong posthumously made her Princess of Gun and later retitled her Grand Imperial Princess Xianyi Gongmu.