Lady Cheng (程氏) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Lady Cheng as a family member. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Lady Cheng	程氏	Chéng shì
Personal	Lady Cheng	程氏	Cheng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Female

Sex: female
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0037

Roles

Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: suicide by hanging
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0041

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 至正二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1368
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:196:s0037, yuanshi:196:s0089

Family

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Spouse of Min Ben (閔本)
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: true
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0039

References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 196Volume 196 Biographies 83: Loyal and Righteous Acts 4 · 3 passages

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大明兵薄京師，本謂其妻程氏曰：「國事至此，吾知之久矣。 When Ming forces pressed close to the capital, Ben said to his wife Lady Cheng, "The affairs of state have come to this—I have known it would for a long time.

程氏曰：「君能死忠，我尚有愛於君乎！」 Lady Cheng said, "If you can die in loyalty, do I still have any attachment to life!"

本乃朝服，與程氏北向再拜，大書於屋壁曰：「元中奉大夫、集賢侍講學士閔本死。」 Ben then put on court dress, and together with Lady Cheng bowed twice facing north. He wrote in large characters on the wall: "Min Ben, Yuan recipient of the rank of Supporter of the Court and attendant academician of the Hall of Gathered Worthies, is dead."