Mother of Du Shubi (杜叔毗之母)

Overview

The translated histories identify Mother of Du Shubi as a family member. This record brings together 4 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 of Du Shubi	杜叔毗之母	Mother of Du Shubi
Descriptive kinship	Mother of Du Shubi	母

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Anonymous individuated
Sex: Female

Sex: female
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0124

Roles

Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died / 母憂
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0149

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 母知其意 · Western Interval: Start: AD 552 · End: AD 560
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0141, zhoushu:046:s0149

Family

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Spouse of Du Jian (杜漸)
Kinship Term: mother of his children / 母 · Union Category: marriage
Parent of Du Shubi (杜叔毗)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son · Line: maternal

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Addressee Person Id: Du Shubi (杜叔毗)
Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0141, zhoushu:046:s0142, zhoushu:046:s0143

References in the histories

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Book of Zhou, Chapter 46Volume 46 Biographies 38: Filial Piety · 4 passages

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叔毗早歲而孤，事母以孝聞。 Shubi lost his father while still young and served his mother with a reputation for filial piety.

然恐違朝憲，坐及其母，遂沉吟積時。 Yet he feared violating court law and implicating his mother, and therefore hesitated for a long time.

母知其意，謂叔毗曰：「汝兄橫罹禍酷，痛切骨髓。 His mother knew his intent and said to Shubi, "Your brother suffered cruel calamity by violence; the pain cuts to the marrow.

遭母憂，哀毀骨立，殆不勝喪。 He encountered his mother's mourning; his grief wasted him until only bone remained standing, and he nearly could not survive the mourning.