Qin and Han · Mother of Wang Ling

Mother of Wang Ling 王陵母

Attested BC 205 - BC 202

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Mother of Wang Ling was a Mother of Wang Ling.

IdentityHistorical · Female
Found inBook of Han

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Book of Han, Chapter 117Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 · 1 passage
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英雄誠知覺寤，畏若禍戒，超然遠覽，淵然深識，收陵、嬰之明分，絕信、布之覬覦，距逐鹿之瞽說，審神器之有授，毋貪不可幾，為二母之所咲，則福祚流于子孫，天祿其永終矣。 Had men of ambition truly awakened to these warnings, looked far, and understood deeply; had they heeded the clear judgment shown in the stories of Wang Ling and Chen Ying, abandoned Han Xin and Ying Bu's ambitions, rejected blind talk of chasing the deer, and recognized that the imperial regalia have a destined recipient; had they not grasped at the unattainable and made themselves a laughingstock to those two mothers, then blessings would have flowed to their descendants and Heaven's bounty endured.