Sui and Tang · Exemplary Wife

Lady Li 李氏

Li shi

Attested AD 627 - AD 649

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Li was an Exemplary Wife.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 627 to AD 649 太宗
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passages 56, 60

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Father-in-law of Lady Li (楊三安之父)
father-in-law 舅
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 57
Kin of Mother-in-law of Lady Li (楊三安之母)
mother-in-law 姑
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 57
Spouse of Yang San'an (楊三安)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 56

Kinship Role sons · Count 2
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 58
Kinship Role husband's uncles, nephews, and brothers · Count 7
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 59

Places and affiliations

At Jingyang in Yong Prefecture 雍州涇陽
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 56
At Jingyang 涇陽 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 56

Events and relationships

Farmed by day and spun by night; arranged multiple burials
Personal · Actor
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 59

Assessments and attributes

Assessment deeply admired near and far · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 59
Assessment filial to parents-in-law · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 57
Item two hundred bolts of silk 帛二百段 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 60

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 203Volume 193 Biographies 143: Exemplary Women · 2 passages

楊三安妻李氏，雍州涇陽人也。 Yang San'an's wife, Lady Li, was a native of Jingyang in Yong Prefecture.

李晝則力田，夜紡緝，數年間葬舅姑及夫之叔侄兄弟者七喪，深為遠近所嗟尚。 Lady Li worked the fields by day and spun cloth at night; within a few years she had buried her parents-in-law and seven of her husband's uncles, nephews, and brothers, winning deep admiration throughout the region.