Yuan · Exemplary wife of Wu Yong

Lady Su 蘇氏

Su shi

Attested AD 1271 - AD 1368

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Su was an Exemplary wife of Wu Yong.

Life and dates

Death

Circumstance died during severe drought
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 7

Attested activity

AD 1271 to AD 1368 Yuan-dynasty setting of Yuanshi exemplary-women chapter
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 201, passage 1

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Wu Dezheng (德政)
bore 生
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 3
Spouse of Wu Yong (武用)
wife 妻
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 1

Career and standing

commendation and tax relief for the household 旌復其家
Granted
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 10
Became
四歲而寡 · Widow
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 3

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Subject of
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 201, passage 1
At Zhending 真定
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 1
At the capital 京師 · Relation Moved to
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 1

Events and relationships

Refused remarriage
Domestic · Resister
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 4
Sliced thigh flesh to make porridge
Medical · Caregiver · With Wu Yong (武用)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 2
Took in and reared three grandsons of p004
Domestic · Guardian
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 5

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 1

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 201Volume 201 Biographies 88: Exemplary Women 2 · 5 passages

武用妻蘇氏，真定人，徙家京師。 Wu Yong's wife, Lady Su, came from Zhending; the family later moved to the capital.

用疾，蘇氏刲股為粥以進，疾即愈。 When Yong fell sick, Lady Su sliced flesh from her own thigh to prepare porridge for him, and he soon recovered.

未幾夫兄舉家死，惟餘三弱孫，蘇氏取而育之。 Soon afterward her brother-in-law's entire family perished, leaving only three frail grandsons, whom Lady Su took in and reared.

德政長，事蘇氏至孝。 When Dezheng came of age, he treated Lady Su with the utmost devotion.

蘇氏死時，天大旱，德政方掘地求水以供葬事，忽二蛇躍出，德政因默禱焉。 Lady Su died during a severe drought. While Dezheng was digging for water for her funeral, two snakes suddenly sprang from the ground, and he prayed to them in silence.