Overview
Lady Yao was an Exemplary woman of Yuhang.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 1271 to AD 1368 Yuan-dynasty setting of Yuanshi exemplary-women chapterDated from the passage context · History of Yuan 201, passage 27
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Lady He (何氏)mother 母Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 29
- Spouse of Husband of Lady Yao (姚氏夫)wife 妻Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 28
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id yuan · Relation Subject ofStrongly inferred · History of Yuan 201, passage 27
- At Yuhang 餘杭Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 27
- At mountain valley 山谷 · Relation Resided inDirectly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 27
Events and relationships
- Beat the tiger with her hands; neighbors joined; tiger released her motherDirectly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 31
- Carried mother home, treated her, attended her more than twenty years until deathDirectly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 32
- Stayed home tending the cookingDomestic · CookDirectly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 28
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 27
References in the histories
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