Yuan · Family Member

Lady Cai 蔡氏

Cai shi

Died AD 1362

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Cai was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1362 至正二十二年
Threw herself into a boiling papermaking vat · At Changning Township mountains 長寧鄉山中
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 214

Attested activity

AD 1362 至正二十二年
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 214

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Wang Qi (王琪)
wife 妻
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 213

Places and affiliations

At Zhuji 諸暨
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 213
AD 1362 至正二十二年
At Changning Township mountains 長寧鄉山中 · Relation Fled to
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 214

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 201Volume 201 Biographies 88: Exemplary Women 2 · 2 passages

又諸暨蔡氏者，王琪妻也。 There was also Lady Cai of Zhuji, the wife of Wang Qi.

至正二十二年，張士誠陷諸暨，蔡氏避之長寧鄉山中，兵猝至，有造紙鑊方沸，遂投其中而死。 In Zhizheng 22, Zhang Shicheng captured Zhuji. Lady Cai fled to the mountains of Changning Township, but soldiers suddenly arrived. A papermaking vat was boiling nearby, and she threw herself into it and died.