Sui and Tang · Family Member

Mother of Xu Xiaosu

Died AD 581

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mother of Xu Xiaosu was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

AD 581 to AD 618 母終
Strongly inferred · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passages 361-362

Attested activity

AD 581 to AD 618 養母至孝
Strongly inferred · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 360

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Xu Xiaosu (徐孝肅)
mother 母 · maternal line
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passages 359-360
Parent of Xu Debei (德備)
mother 母 · maternal line
Strongly inferred · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passages 359, 365

Works and attributed material

Described the father appearance to Xiaosu
Speech · Speaker · Paraphrased
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 359

Events and relationships

Grew old and ill
Illness · Patient
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 361

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 359

References in the histories

History of the Northern Dynasties, Chapter 84Volume 84 Biographies 72: Filial Acts · 4 passages

及長，問其母父狀，因畫工圖其形，構廟置之而定省焉，朔望享祭。 When he grew up, he asked his mother what his father had looked like, then had a painter render his likeness, built a shrine, and placed the portrait there for daily morning and evening attendance and sacrifice on the first and fifteenth of each month.

養母至孝，數十年家人未見其忿恚色。 He supported his mother with the utmost filial devotion; for decades his household never once saw him show anger.

母老疾，孝肅視易燥濕，憂悴數年，見者莫不悲悼。 When his mother grew old and ill, Xiaosu watched and changed her bedding whenever it grew damp or dry. For years he wasted away with worry, and all who saw him were moved to grief.

母終，孝肅茹蔬飲水，盛冬單縗，毀瘠骨立。 When his mother died, Xiaosu ate only vegetables and drank water, wore nothing but a single hemp mourning garment even in deep winter, and was wasted to skin and bone.