Mother-in-Law of Filial Woman (孝婦姑)

Overview

The translated histories identify Mother-in-Law of Filial Woman as a named individual. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Mother-in-Law of Filial Woman	孝婦姑
Descriptive kinship	Mother-in-Law	姑

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Anonymous individuated
Sex: Female

Sex: female
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0083

Roles

Named Individual

Life and dates

Death

Manner: suicide by hanging · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 昭帝時 · Western Year: BC 74
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0086

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 昭帝時 · Western Year: BC 74
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0083, hanshu:082:s0086

Family

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Parent of Daughter of Mother-in-Law (姑女)
Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: daughter
Kin of Filial Woman of Donghai (東海孝婦)
Kinship Term: mother-in-law / 姑 · Subject Role: daughter-in-law · Object Role: mother-in-law
Parent of Husband of Filial Woman of Donghai (孝婦亡夫)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son

Places and affiliations

Polity: Han · Relation: subject-of
Explicit · hanshu:082:s0083

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 82Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng · 5 passages

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東海有孝婦，少寡，亡子，養姑甚謹，姑欲嫁之，終不肯。 Donghai had a famously dutiful daughter-in-law: widowed young and childless, she cared for her mother-in-law with devotion; when the old woman tried to marry her off, she refused.

姑謂鄰人曰：「孝婦事我勤苦，哀其亡子守寡。 The mother-in-law told a neighbor, "She slaves for me out of pity—she lost her child and stays a widow for my sake.

其後姑自經死，姑女告吏：「婦殺我母」。 Later the mother-in-law hanged herself, and the old woman's daughter told the magistrate, "The daughter-in-law murdered my mother."

吏捕孝婦，孝婦辭不殺姑。 Officers seized the daughter-in-law, who swore she had not harmed her mother-in-law.

具獄上府，于公以為此婦養姑十餘年，以孝聞，必不殺也。 When the file reached headquarters, Lord Yu argued that a woman famed for more than ten years of care could not have killed her.