Lü Shi (呂) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lü Shi was a Family Member.

PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin

IdentityHistorical · Female

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1062 母呂自荊州來
Strongly inferred · History of Song 460, passages 48, 50

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Bao Zheng (包拯)
husband 夫
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 43
Parent of Bao Ji (包繶)
son 子
Strongly inferred · History of Song 460, passages 42, 48

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · History of Song 460, passage 48
At Jingzhou 荊州 · Relation Came from
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 48

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Cui Shi (崔氏)
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passages 48, 51

Events and relationships

Tried to marry Cui to a Lü kinsman
Persuasion · Agent · With Cui Shi (崔氏)
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 48

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 48

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 460Volume 460 Biographies 219: Exemplary Women: Zhu E, Zhang Shi, Peng Lienu, Hao Jiee, Zhu Shi, Cui Shi, Zhao Shi, Ding Shi, Xiang Shi, Wang Shierfu, Xu Shi, Rong Shi, He Shi, Dong Shi, Tan Shi, Liu Shi, Zhang Shi, Shi Shi, Chen Tangqian, Jie Fuliaoshi, Liu Dangkemu, Ceng Shifu, Wang Maoqi, Tu Duanyouqi, Zhan Shinu, Liu Shengqi, Xie Biqi, Xie Fangdeqi, Wang Zhenfu, Zhao Huaiqie, Tan Shifu, Wu Zhongfuqi, Lu Zhong Zhunu, Lin Laonu, Tong Shinu, Han Shinu, Wang Shifu, Liutong Ziqi Mao Xixi · 6 passages

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拯夫婦意崔不能守也，使左右嚐其心。 Zheng and his wife doubted that Cui could remain faithful and sent attendants to test her resolve.

母呂自荊州來，誘崔欲嫁其族人，因謂曰：“喪夫守子，子死孰守？” Her mother-in-law Lü came from Jingzhou and tried to persuade Cui to marry one of her own clansmen, saying: 'You mourned your husband and guarded your son—but your son is dead. What is left to guard?'

今舅歿，姑老矣，將舍而去乎？” Now my father-in-law is dead and my mother-in-law is old—shall I abandon her and go?"

呂怒，詛罵曰：“我寧死此，決不獨歸，須爾同往也。” Lü grew angry and cursed her: 'I would rather die here than return alone—you must come with me.'

崔泣曰：“母遠來，義不當使母獨還。 Cui wept and said: 'Mother has come from far away—it would not be right to let you return alone.

母見其誓必死，卒還包氏。 Seeing that her oath meant she would surely die, her mother-in-law in the end sent her back to the Bao household.