Lady Zhang (張氏) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lady Zhang was an Exemplary wife of Tang Hui.

Seized a blade and stabbed herself · Motive feared defilement · Stated Age 27
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 53

AD 1271 to AD 1368 Yuan-dynasty setting of Yuanshi exemplary-women chapter
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 201, passage 48

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Polity Id yuan · Relation Subject of
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 201, passage 48
At Longquan, Chuzhou 處州龍泉
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 48

Speech · Addressee · Direct quotation · Units s0052 · Mode quotation
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 52

Asked to receive the blade, then stabbed herself when bandits hesitated
Suicide · Agent
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 53
Ordered the sedan to carry her father in law away when bandits arrived
Military · Rescuer · With Father-in-law of Lady Zhang (張氏舅)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 51
Returned to prepare medicine and meals and brought a sedan chair
Domestic · Caregiver · With Father-in-law of Lady Zhang (張氏舅)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 50

History of Yuan, Chapter 201Volume 201 Biographies 88: Exemplary Women 2 · 3 passages