Ancient China · Family Member

Mother of Wu Qi

Attested BC 420 - BC 400

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Mother of Wu Qi as a family member. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Mother of Wu Qi
Descriptive kinship his mother 其母
Descriptive kinship mother

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Anonymous individuated
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 與其母訣…母死 · Western Interval: Start: BC 420 · End: BC 400
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:065:s0083, shiji:065:s0085

Family

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  • Parent of Wu Qi (吳起)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 65Biographies of Sun Tzu and Wu Qi · 2 passages