Ancient China · Consort

Mother of Tian Wen 田文母

Attested BC 320 - BC 298

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mother of Tian Wen was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 320 to BC 298 初，田嬰有子四十餘人
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passages 20-25

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Tian Ying (田嬰)
lowly concubine 賤妾
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 21
Parent of Lord Mengchang (孟嘗君)
mother 母
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passages 21-22

Career and standing

Held
Lowly concubine
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 21

Places and affiliations

Polity Qi 齊 · Relation Of
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 21

Events and relationships

Bore son
Personal · Mother · With Lord Mengchang (孟嘗君)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 21
Presented son through brothers
Personal · Mother · With Lord Mengchang (孟嘗君)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 24
Secretly raised
Personal · Mother · With Lord Mengchang (孟嘗君)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 23

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 21

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 75Biography of Lord Mengchang · 5 passages

其賤妾有子名文，文以五月五日生。 His lowly concubine bore a son named Tian Wen, and the child was born on the fifth day of the fifth month.

嬰告其母曰：「勿舉也。」 Ying told the mother: 'Do not raise him.'

其母竊舉生之。 His mother secretly raised him.

及長，其母因兄弟而見其子文於田嬰。 When he grew up, his mother used his brothers as an excuse to present her son Tian Wen to Tian Ying.

田嬰怒其母曰：「吾令若去此子，而敢生之，何也？」 Tian Ying angrily berated his mother: 'I commanded you to abandon this child, yet you dared to raise him. Why?'