Qin and Han · Family Member

Mother of Guo Tai 郭太母

First attested AD 140; died AD 150

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mother of Guo Tai was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

AD 150 to AD 168 後遭母憂
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 75, passages 44, 55

Attested activity

AD 140 to AD 168 早孤，母欲使給事縣廷
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 75, passages 7, 44

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Guo Tai (郭太)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 75, passages 7, 44

Events and relationships

Wished son to serve in county offices
Domestic · Mother
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 75, passage 7

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 75Volume 68: Biographies of Guo, Fu, Xu · 3 passages

早孤，母欲使給事縣廷。 Orphaned while still young, he was to be put to clerking in the county offices—his mother's plan.

後遭母憂，有至孝稱。 After his mother's death he mourned with such devotion that his filial piety became proverbial.

〈謝承書曰：「遭母憂，歐血發病，歷年乃瘳。」〉〈(Xie Cheng's Book says: "When he suffered his mother's death, he vomited blood and fell ill; only after a full year did he recover.")〉