Sui and Tang · Family Member

Mother of Bi Yan 畢諴母

Attested AD 810 - AD 827

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mother of Bi Yan was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 810 to AD 827 夜然薪讀書
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 5

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Bi Xian (畢諴)
mother 母
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 5

Events and relationships

Took away the fire so he would sleep
Personal · Mother · With Bi Xian (畢諴)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 5

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 5

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 183Volume 183 Biographies 108: Bi, Cui, Liu, Lu, Zheng, Zhu, Han · 1 passage

夜然薪讀書，母恤其疲，奪火使寐，不肯息，遂通經史，工辭章。 He would read at night by burning firewood for light. When his mother, worried that he was exhausting himself, took away the fire and made him sleep, he still would not stop. In time he mastered the classics and histories and became accomplished in literary composition.