Hou Shi (侯氏) | 24 Histories

Overview

Hou Shi was an Exemplary Woman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1127 to AD 1229 盜起
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 253

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Clanswoman of Hou Shi (族婦)
clanswoman 族婦
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 257
Kin of Mother-in-law of Hou Shi (姑)
mother-in-law 姑
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 252
Parent of Son of Hou Shi (子)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 258
Spouse of Xie Bi (謝泌)
wife 妻 · Widowed
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passages 251, 258

Kinship Role parents · Count 2
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 258

Career and standing

Entered
Widow
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 258

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · History of Song 460, passage 251
At Nanfeng 南豐
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 251

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passages 255, 257-259

Events and relationships

Parents sought to remarry her
Remarriage pressure · Subject
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 258
Pinned up hair
Coming of age · Subject
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 252
Refused bandits
Resistance · Resister
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 255
Refused remarriage to rear son
Refusal · Actor
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passages 258-259
Revived
Recovery · Subject
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 257
Served mother in law
Filial service · Daughter in law · With Mother-in-law of Hou Shi (姑)
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 252

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Stabbed and fell into ditch
Violence · Victim
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 256

Assessments and attributes

Assessment filial and incorruptible · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passages 252, 257
Item box of gold and pearls 篋金珠 · Relation Found then returned · With Clanswoman of Hou Shi (族婦)
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 257

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 460Volume 460 Biographies 219: Exemplary Women: Zhu E, Zhang Shi, Peng Lienu, Hao Jiee, Zhu Shi, Cui Shi, Zhao Shi, Ding Shi, Xiang Shi, Wang Shierfu, Xu Shi, Rong Shi, He Shi, Dong Shi, Tan Shi, Liu Shi, Zhang Shi, Shi Shi, Chen Tangqian, Jie Fuliaoshi, Liu Dangkemu, Ceng Shifu, Wang Maoqi, Tu Duanyouqi, Zhan Shinu, Liu Shengqi, Xie Biqi, Xie Fangdeqi, Wang Zhenfu, Zhao Huaiqie, Tan Shifu, Wu Zhongfuqi, Lu Zhong Zhunu, Lin Laonu, Tong Shinu, Han Shinu, Wang Shifu, Liutong Ziqi Mao Xixi · 5 passages

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謝泌妻侯氏，南豐人。 Hou Shi, wife of Xie Bi, was from Nanfeng.

姑疾篤不能去，侯號泣姑側。 Her mother-in-law was gravely ill and could not flee; Hou wept at her side.

盜逼之，侯曰：“寧死不從。” The bandits pressed her; Hou said: 'I would rather die than submit.'

賊退，漸蘇，見一篋在側，發之皆金珠，族婦以為己物，侯悉歸之，婦分其一以謝，侯辭曰：“非我有，不願也。” When the bandits retreated she gradually revived and found a box of gold and pearls beside her. A clanswoman claimed it as her own; Hou returned it all. When the woman offered her a share in thanks, Hou declined: 'It is not mine—I do not want it.'

後夫與姑俱亡，子幼，父母欲更嫁之，侯曰：“兒以賤婦人，得歸隱居賢者之門已幸矣，忍去而使謝氏無後乎？ Later her husband and mother-in-law both died, leaving a young son; her parents wished to remarry her. Hou said: 'I, a lowly woman, was fortunate to marry into the household of a worthy recluse—how could I leave and leave the Xie clan without posterity?