Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Family Member

Grandfather of Yuan 元之祖

Attested AD 557 - AD 581

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Grandfather of Yuan was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

Illness after two years sick in bed
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passages 221-222

Attested activity

AD 557 to AD 581 其祖喪明三年
Dated from the passage context · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 211

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Father of Yuan (元之父)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passages 211, 223
Ancestor of Yuan (元)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Father of Yuan (元之父)
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passages 211, 216

Events and relationships

Eyes treated in Yuans dream
Medical · Patient · Mode dream
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 218
Regained sight
Medical · Patient
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 220

Assessments and attributes

blind for three years by the time Yuan was sixteen
Physical description
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 211
Item golden awl 金鑱 · Relation Used in dream treatment · Mode dream
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 218

References in the histories

History of the Northern Dynasties, Chapter 84Volume 84 Biographies 72: Filial Acts · 7 passages

及元年十六，其祖喪明三年。 When Yuan turned sixteen, his grandfather had already been blind for three years.

元為孫不孝，使祖喪明。 As your unworthy grandson, Yuan has failed in filial duty and caused my grandfather to lose his sight.

今以燈光普施法界，願祖目見明，元求代暗。」 Now by spreading this lamp-light through all the world, I pray that my grandfather's eyes may see clearly again, and I ask to bear the darkness in his place."

如此經七日，其夜夢見一老翁，以金鑱療其祖目，於夢中喜躍，遂即驚覺。 After seven days of this, that night he dreamed of an old man treating his grandfather's eyes with a golden awl. In the dream he leaped for joy, then woke with a start.

三日，祖目果明。 Three days later, his grandfather's eyes truly regained their sight.

其後，祖臥疾再周，元恆隨祖所食多少，衣冠不解，旦夕扶侍。 Afterward, when his grandfather lay ill for two years, Yuan continually adjusted what he ate according to his grandfather's appetite, never removing his hat and robes, attending him morning and evening.

及祖沒，號踴絕而後蘇。 When his grandfather died, he wailed and performed the mourning dance until he collapsed without breath, then revived.