Song, Liao, and Jin · Exemplary Woman and Scholar

Lady Chen 陳氏

Chen shi

Died AD 994

Passages
6
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Lady Chen as a family member, named individual, poet, and scholar. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Lady Chen 陳氏 Chen shi
Surname Chen 陳 Chen
Nickname female scholar 女秀才 nü xiucai
Personal name Lady Chen 陳氏 Chen shi
Title Lady of Lu 魯國夫人 Luguo furen
Descriptive kinship Wife of Xing Jian 邢簡妻

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Family Member
  • Named Individual
  • Poet
  • Scholar

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和十二年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 12 · Western Year: AD 994
    Explicit · liaoshi:107:s0015

Age

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 統和十二年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 12 · Western Year: AD 994
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:107:s0015
  • Source Date: Text: 終遼之世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 1125
    Explicit · liaoshi:107:s0007, liaoshi:107:s0008

Family

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  • Child of Chen Xing (陘)
    Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father
  • Parent of Xing Baopu (邢抱樸)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Xing Baozhi (邢抱質)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Spouse of Xing Jian (邢簡)
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: active

Career and standing

  • Title: Lady of Lu / 魯國夫人 · Action: bestowed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和十二年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 12 · Western Year: AD 994 · Authority Person Id: Wise Empress Dowager (睿智皇后)
    Explicit · liaoshi:107:s0016

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Label: mastered the classics / 涉通經義
    Explicit · liaoshi:107:s0010
  • Skill: poetry and fu recitation and composition / 詩賦吟詠 · Level: renowned
    Explicit · liaoshi:107:s0010

Events and relationships

  • Kind: ritual · Role: honoree · Action: stone inscription and envoy sacrifice after death · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和十二年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 12 · Western Year: AD 994
    Explicit · liaoshi:107:s0016, liaoshi:107:s0017
  • Kind: education · Role: teacher · Action: taught sons the classics
    Explicit · liaoshi:107:s0013, liaoshi:107:s0014

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: chaste, quiet, gentle, compliant—model of wifehood and motherhood · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:107:s0018
  • Assessment: worthy woman who taught two sons to become worthy chancellors · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:107:s0096
  • Kind: character · Statement: filial to parents-in-law; harmonious household
    Explicit · liaoshi:107:s0012
  • Item: commemorative stone inscription / 刻石 · Relation: honored-by
    Explicit · liaoshi:107:s0016

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 107Volume 107 Biographies 37: Exemplary Women · 6 passages
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