Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Family Member

Mother of Yan Yuanming 閻元明之母

Attested AD 481

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mother of Yan Yuanming was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 80

Attested activity

AD 481 太和五年
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passages 76, 79

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Yan Yuanming (閻元明)
mother 母
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passage 76

Assessments and attributes

wept until she lost her sight; sight returned when she saw her son
Physical description
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 84, passages 76, 78

References in the histories

History of the Northern Dynasties, Chapter 84Volume 84 Biographies 72: Filial Acts · 5 passages

母亦慈念，泣淚喪明。 His mother, longing for him in turn, wept until she lost her sight.

悲號上訴，許歸奉養。 He appealed in grief to the throne and was permitted to return home to care for his mother.

一見其母，母目便開。 The moment he saw his mother, her eyes opened again.

刺史呂壽恩列狀上聞，詔下州郡，表為孝門，復其租調兵役，令終母年。 Inspector Lü Shou'en reported the matter to the throne; an edict went out to the provinces designating the household a Gate of Filial Piety, exempting it from taxes and corvée, and permitting Yuanming to remain at home until his mother's death.

母亡服終，心喪積載，每忌日，悲動傍鄰。 After his mother died and the formal mourning ended, his inner grief endured for years; on each anniversary his sorrow moved the neighbors around him.