Mother He (何氏) | 24 Histories

Overview

Mother He was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1852 聞岳州陷
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 399, passages 198, 205-206
AD 1844 道光二十四年
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 399, passages 197, 203

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Feng Peiyuan (馮培元)
mother 母 · maternal line
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 203
Spouse of Father of Feng Peiyuan (馮培元之父)
wife 妻 · Widowed
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 203

Works and attributed material

Letter · Author · With Feng Peiyuan (馮培元) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passages 206-207

Events and relationships

Replied that if crisis came he must give his life and keep great integrity, and obey her teaching
Personal · Mother
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passages 206-207

Assessments and attributes

Assessment wise and steadfast through hardship; raised her son to adulthood · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 203

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 399Volume 399 Biographies 186: Lv Xianji, Zou Minghe, Dai Xi, Tang Yifen, Zhang Fei, Huang Cong, Tao Tingjie, Feng Peiyuan, Sun Mingen, Shen Bingyuan, Zhang Xigeng · 3 passages

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培元幼孤，家貧，母何賢明苦節，撫之成立。 Peiyuan was orphaned young and grew up poor. His mother He was wise and steadfast through hardship and raised him to adulthood.

聞岳州陷，馳書止母行。 When he heard that Yuezhou had fallen, he sent an urgent letter telling his mother not to come.

母報曰：「如果有變，見危授命，大節不可奪。 His mother replied: 'If crisis comes, meet danger and give your life. Great integrity must never be compromised.