Yuan · Family Member

Lady Xu 許氏

Xu shi

Died AD 1359

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Xu was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1359 至正十九年
Cause Killed by rebels
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 222

Attested activity

AD 1359 至正十九年
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 216

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Youren (有壬)
niece 侄女 · paternal line · Through Father of Lady Xu (許氏之父)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 215
Child of Father of Lady Xu (許氏之父)
father 父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 201, passage 215
Child of Mother of Lady Xu (許氏之母)
mother 母
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 220
Spouse of Zhao Zhu (趙洙)
wife 妻
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 215

Kinship Role sisters · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 220

Places and affiliations

AD 1359 至正十九年
At Temple of Accumulated Good 資善寺 · Relation Took refuge in
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 216

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passages 218, 220-221

Events and relationships

Refused to reveal treasure; cursed rebels after husband's death
AD 1359 至正十九年 · Military · Captive
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passages 218-222

Assessments and attributes

Assessment chaste and martyred (貞烈) · Mode witness-judgment
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 223

References in the histories

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

趙洙妻許氏，集賢大學士有壬之侄女也。 Zhao Zhu's wife Lady Xu was the niece of Youren, Chancellor of the Hall of Assembled Worthies.

洙以叱賊見害，許氏不知也。 Zhu was killed for rebuking the rebels, but Lady Xu did not yet know.

賊甘言誘許氏，令指示金銀之處，許氏大言曰：「吾詩書冠冕故家，不幸遇難，但知守節而死，他皆不知也。」 The rebels tried to coax her with honeyed words and ordered her to show them where the gold and silver were hidden. Lady Xu answered in a ringing voice, "I come from an old family of letters and official rank. Misfortune has found us, but I know only how to keep my honor and die. I know nothing else."

賊以刃脅之，許氏色不變。 They threatened her with blades, but Lady Xu's face did not change.

寺僧見許氏死狀，哀其貞烈，賊退，與洙合葬之。 The temple monks, moved by the manner of Lady Xu's death and her steadfast virtue, buried her together with Zhu after the rebels withdrew.