Infant of Zhao of the Tan family (譚氏婦趙嬰兒)

Overview

Infant of Zhao of the Tan family was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1277 至元十四年
Killed together with mother
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passage 310

Attested activity

AD 1277 至元十四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passages 308, 310

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zhao of the Tan family (譚氏婦趙)
infant 嬰兒
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 308

Events and relationships

Hidden then killed
AD 1277 至元十四年 · Military · Victim
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passages 308, 310-311

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 · 3 passages

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天兵破城，趙氏抱嬰兒隨其舅、姑同匿邑校中，為悍卒所獲，殺其舅、姑，執趙欲汙之，不可，臨之以刃曰：“從我則生，不從則死。” Yuan troops took the city. Zhao, holding her infant, hid with her father-in-law and mother-in-law in the district school but was seized by brutal soldiers who killed her father-in-law and mother-in-law. They seized Zhao and tried to violate her; she refused. They threatened her with blades: 'Follow me and live; refuse and die.'

遂與嬰兒同遇害。 She and her infant were killed together.

血漬於禮殿兩楹之間，入磚為婦人與嬰兒狀，久而宛然如新。 Blood stained the two pillars of the ritual hall; soaking into the brick it formed the shapes of a woman and infant, remaining fresh for a long time.