Mother of Hao Jiee | 24 Histories

Overview

Mother of Hao Jiee was a Named Individual.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 960 to AD 1279 考宋舊史得列女
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passage 27

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Hao Jiee (郝節娥)
daughter 女
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passages 26-27

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · History of Song 460, passage 27

Events and relationships

Reclaimed her to inherit prostitution and beat her
Coercion · Agent · With Hao Jiee (郝節娥)
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passages 28-29
Used Silkworm God festival to expose her to young men
Plot · Agent · At Hongya 洪雅
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 30

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 27

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 460Volume 460 Biographies 219: Exemplary Women: Zhu E, Zhang Shi, Peng Lienu, Hao Jiee, Zhu Shi, Cui Shi, Zhao Shi, Ding Shi, Xiang Shi, Wang Shierfu, Xu Shi, Rong Shi, He Shi, Dong Shi, Tan Shi, Liu Shi, Zhang Shi, Shi Shi, Chen Tangqian, Jie Fuliaoshi, Liu Dangkemu, Ceng Shifu, Wang Maoqi, Tu Duanyouqi, Zhan Shinu, Liu Shengqi, Xie Biqi, Xie Fangdeqi, Wang Zhenfu, Zhao Huaiqie, Tan Shifu, Wu Zhongfuqi, Lu Zhong Zhunu, Lin Laonu, Tong Shinu, Han Shinu, Wang Shifu, Liutong Ziqi Mao Xixi · 5 passages

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生五歲，母娼苦貧，賣於洪雅良家為養女。 At the age of five, her mother, struggling in poverty, sold her to a respectable family in Hongya to be raised as their daughter.

始笄，母奪而歸，欲令世其娼，娥不樂娼，日逼之，娥曰：“少育良家，習織作組紃之事，又輒精巧，粗可以給母朝夕，欲求此身使終為良，可乎？” When she came of age, her mother took her back, intending to pass on the courtesan's trade. E refused. Day after day her mother pressed her, until E said: 'I was raised from childhood in a respectable home and learned weaving and needlework, at which I am quite skilled—enough at least to provide for your daily needs. Cannot I keep this body respectable to the end?'

母益怒，且箠且罵。 Her mother only grew angrier, beating and cursing her in turn.

洪雅春時為蠶叢祠，娼與邑少年期，因蠶叢具酒邀娥。 Each spring Hongya held sacrifices to the Silkworm God. The courtesan arranged a meeting with the young men of the town and, using the festival as a pretext, prepared wine and invited E.

娼與娥徐往，娥見少年，倉皇驚走，母挽捽不使去。 Mother and daughter went together. When E saw the young men she fled in panic, but her mother seized her and would not let her go.