Yuan · Family Member

Mother-in-law of Tao Zongyuan

Attested AD 1362 - AD 1367

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mother-in-law of Tao Zongyuan was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

Context already dead; Tao Zongyuan was in mourning for her
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 308

Attested activity

AD 1362 to AD 1367 台州被兵
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 201, passage 308

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Du Sijiong (杜思絅)
mother-in-law 姑 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 201, passage 308
Kin of Tao Zongyuan (陶宗媛)
mother-in-law 姑
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passages 308-309

References in the histories

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

台州被兵，宗媛方居姑喪，忍死護柩，為遊軍所執，迫脅之，媛曰：「我若畏死，豈留此耶！ When Taizhou came under attack, Zongyuan was in mourning for her mother-in-law, risking death to guard the coffin. Roving soldiers seized her and tried to force her. She said, "If I feared death, why would I still be here!

任汝殺我，以從姑於地下爾！」 Kill me if you must—I shall join my mother-in-law in the grave!"