Mother of Xu Xiaosu (徐孝肅母)

Overview

The translated histories identify Mother of Xu Xiaosu as a family member. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Mother of Xu Xiaosu	徐孝肅母
Descriptive kinship	Mother of Xu Xiaosu	母

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Anonymous individuated
Sex: Female

Sex: female
Explicit · suishu:072:s0247

Roles

Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died after illness in old age
Explicit · suishu:072:s0250

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: undated Sui-period biography · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 618
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0247, suishu:072:s0248, suishu:072:s0249, suishu:072:s0250, suishu:072:s0252

Family

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Parent of Xu Xiaosu (徐孝肅)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Parent of Debei (德備)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Spouse of Father of Xu Xiaosu (徐孝肅父)
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife

Events and relationships

Kind: medical · Role: patient · Action: grew-old-and-fell-ill
Explicit · suishu:072:s0249

References in the histories

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Book of Sui, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 37: Filial Piety · 4 passages

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孝肅早孤，不識父，及長，問其母父狀，因求畫工，圖其形像，構廟置之而定省焉，朔望享祭。 Xiaosu was orphaned early and never knew his father; when he grew up he asked his mother what his father had been like, engaged a painter to draw his likeness, built a shrine and placed the portrait there for morning and evening attendance, and offered sacrifice at the new and full moon.

養母至孝，數十年，家人未見其有忿恚之色。 In caring for his mother he was utterly filial; for decades his household never once saw him show anger.

及母老疾，孝肅親易燥濕，憂悴數年，見者無不悲悼。 When his mother grew old and fell ill, Xiaosu personally tended her bedding for dryness and damp, was wasted with care for years, 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 only water, wore a single layer of mourning hemp in the depth of winter, and his grief wasted him until only bone remained.