Mother of Xue Jun (薛濬之母)

Overview

The translated histories identify Mother of Xue Jun as a family member. This record brings together 7 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 Xue Jun	薛濬之母
Descriptive kinship	Mother of Xue Jun	薛濬之母

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Anonymous individuated
Sex: Female

Value: female
Explicit · suishu:072:s0067

Roles

Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died after illness
Explicit · suishu:072:s0074

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 時初平江陵 · Western Year: AD 554
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0068, suishu:072:s0069
Source Date: Text: 開皇初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 600
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0071, suishu:072:s0072, suishu:072:s0073, suishu:072:s0074

Family

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Parent of Xue Jun (薛濬)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Parent of Xue Mo (薛謨)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: carriage, robes, staff, and seasonal delicacies / 輿服機杖，四時珍味 · Action: received-from-emperor · Authority Person Id: Emperor Wen (隋高祖)
Explicit · suishu:072:s0072
Status: elderly · Action: described
Explicit · suishu:072:s0072

Places and affiliations

Place: Xiayang / 夏陽 · Relation: buried-at
Explicit · suishu:072:s0074

Events and relationships

Kind: omen-report · Role: informant · Action: told an unnamed foreign monk about Xue Jun's serpent vision · Other Person Id: Xue Jun (薛濬)
Explicit · suishu:072:s0106, suishu:072:s0107

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: gave Xue Jun wise and gentle guidance · Provenance: Mode: self-report · Source Person Id: Xue Jun (薛濬)
Explicit · suishu:072:s0083
Kind: health · Statement: fell ill
Explicit · suishu:072:s0073

References in the histories

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Book of Sui, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 37: Filial Piety · 7 passages

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濬少喪父，早孤，養母以孝聞。 Jun lost his father in childhood and was orphaned young; he supported his mother and became renowned for filial devotion.

帝聞濬事母至孝，以其母老，賜輿服機杖，四時珍味，當時榮之。 When the emperor heard that Jun served his mother with utmost devotion, and because his mother was elderly, he bestowed a carriage, robes, a staff, and seasonal delicacies — an honor greatly envied at the time.

後其母疾，濬貌甚憂瘁，親故弗之識也。 When his mother later fell ill, Jun grew so haggard with worry that relatives and friends scarcely recognized him.

暨丁母艱，詔鴻臚監護喪事，歸葬夏陽。 When his mother died, an edict ordered the Director of Guests to oversee the funeral, and he returned to bury her at Xiayang.

晚生早孤，不聞《詩》《禮》，賴奉先人貽厥之訓，獲稟母氏聖善之規，負笈裹糧，不憚艱遠，從師就業，欲罷不能。 Born late and orphaned young, I had no training in the Odes and Rites; I relied on the teachings my forebears left me and on my mother's wise and gentle guidance; I shouldered my books and packed my provisions, unafraid of hardship and distance, followed teachers to pursue my studies, and could not bring myself to stop.

母逼而問之，濬以實對。 His mother pressed him until he told her; Jun answered truthfully.

時有胡僧詣宅乞食，濬母怖而告之，僧曰：「此乃兒之吉應。 A foreign monk came to the house to beg food; Jun's mother, frightened, told him what had happened; the monk said: "This is an auspicious sign for your son.