Mother of Huang Mei (黃梅母)

Overview

Mother of Huang Mei was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1786 to AD 1787 即以其夕死
Died the same evening as the birthday opera · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Agui (阿桂)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 53
AD 1786 to AD 1787 母死日
Died on the day an opera was staged · Mode allegation Speaker Dou Guangnai (竇光鼐)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 47

Age

90
AD 1786 to AD 1787 九十生日 · Reckoning Stated age at birthday · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Agui (阿桂)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 53

Attested activity

AD 1786 to AD 1787 母死日
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 47

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Huang Mei (黃梅)
mother 母 · maternal line
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passages 47, 53, 62

Source notes

Guangnai charged opera on the day of the mother's death; Agui reported opera for her ninetieth birthday, after which she died that evening.
Field death-circumstances · Witness Person Id Agui (阿桂)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passages 47, 53, 62

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 322Volume 322 Biographies 109: Dou Guangnai, Li Shufang, Fan Yibin, Cao Xibao, Xie Zhending, Qian Feng, Yin Zhuangtu · 3 passages

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平陽知縣黃梅假彌虧苛斂，且於母死日演劇； Huang Mei, magistrate of Pingyang, for fabricating deficits to justify harsh levies and staging an opera on the day his mother died;

平陽知縣黃梅母九十生日演劇，即以其夕死； Huang Mei of Pingyang had staged an opera for his mother's ninetieth birthday, and she died that same night;

母死不欲發喪，特令演劇。」 When his mother died he delayed the funeral and instead ordered an opera staged."