Sui and Tang · Family Member

Lady Jing 敬氏

Jing Shi

Attested AD 618 - AD 649

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Jing was a Family Member.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Xiangzi	像子	Xiangzi

Life and dates

Death

Starvation/grief · Cause Refused food after bereavement
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 87

Age

15
Reckoning Sui · Context at marriage
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 68

Attested activity

AD 618 to AD 649 唐初（本傳敘次在武德與貞觀之間）
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 203, passages 67, 87

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Elder Brother of Lady Jing
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 69
Kin of Father-in-law of Lady Jing
father-in-law 舅
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 68
Spouse of Husband of Lady Jing
husband 夫 · Widowed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 68
Kin of Mother-in-law of Lady Jing
mother-in-law 姑
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 68
Child of Mother of Lady Jing
mother 母
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 69
Parent of Fan Huiren (樊會仁)
mother 母
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passages 67-68

Kinship Role sisters-in-law · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 68

Career and standing

Entered
Widow
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passages 68, 75

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 67
At Hedong, Pu Prefecture 蒲州河東
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 67

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Fan Huiren (樊會仁) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passages 75-77, 79-81
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 86

Events and relationships

Died after refusing food
Personal · Subject
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 87
Fled home with son
Personal · Agent · With Fan Huiren (樊會仁)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 82

Assessments and attributes

Assessment dutiful care of parents-in-law and sisters-in-law · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 68

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 203Volume 193 Biographies 143: Exemplary Women · 9 passages

樊會仁母敬氏，字像子，蒲州河東人也。 Fan Huiren's mother, Lady Jing, whose courtesy name was Xiangzi, was a native of Hedong in Pu Prefecture.

像子既至，省母無疾，鄰家復具肴善，像子知為所欺，佯為不悟者。 When Xiangzi arrived and found her mother was not ill, the neighbors again set out a feast; Xiangzi realized she had been deceived and pretended not to notice.

其嫂復請像子沐浴。 Her sister-in-law then asked Xiangzi to bathe.

像子私謂會仁曰：「吾不幸孀居，誓與汝父同穴。 Xiangzi privately told Huiren, "I am unfortunate in my widowhood and have sworn to share a grave with your father.

像子撫之曰：「汝勿啼。 Xiangzi comforted him and said, "Do not cry.

會仁便佯睡，像子於是伺隙攜之遁歸。 Huiren then pretended to sleep; Xiangzi seized her chance, took him, and fled home.

像子誓以必死，辭情甚切，其兄感嘆而止。 Xiangzi swore she would die rather than comply; her words were so earnest that her brother sighed and let them go.

後會仁年十八病卒，時像子母已終。 Later, when Huiren was eighteen, he died of illness; by then Xiangzi's mother had already died.

既葬，像子謂其所親曰：「吾老母不幸，又夫死子亡，義無久活。」 After the burial, Xiangzi told her intimates, "My mother is gone, my husband is dead, and my son is lost—there is no reason left to live."