Yuan · Family Member

Mother-in-law of Lady Wen

Attested AD 1300

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mother-in-law of Lady Wen was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 146

Attested activity

AD 1300 大德四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 200, passages 139, 145

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Lady Wen (聞氏)
mother-in-law 姑
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 142
Parent of Yu Xinzhi (俞新之)
mother 母
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 200, passage 142

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 200, passage 138

Assessments and attributes

long wind affliction and blindness
Illness
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 145

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 200Volume 200 Biographies 87: Exemplary Women 1 · 3 passages

且姑老子幼，妾去當令誰視也？」 Moreover my mother-in-law is old and my son is young. If I leave, who will care for them?"

姑久病風，且失明，聞氏手滌溷穢不怠，時漱口上堂舐其目，目為復明。 Her mother-in-law had long suffered from wind affliction and was blind. Lady Wen washed her filth by hand without slackening. At times she rinsed her mouth and went to the hall to lick her eyes, and her sight was restored.

及姑卒，家貧，無資傭工，與子親負土葬之，朝夕悲號，聞者慘惻。 When her mother-in-law died the family was too poor to hire labor. She and her son personally carried earth to bury her. Morning and evening she wailed, and those who heard were deeply moved.