Ancient China · Consort

Mother of Yao 堯之母

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mother of Yao was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passage 113

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Yao (堯)
mother 母
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passage 113
Spouse of Emperor Ku (帝嚳)
secondary consort 庶妃 · Concubinage
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passage 113

Career and standing

Never enregistered as empress to share sacrifice with Ku · Negated true · Mode named-speech Speaker Lu Luceng (逯魯曾)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passage 113

Source notes

Value legendary
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passage 113

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 187Volume 187 Biographies 74: Wugusunliangzhen, Jia Lu, Lu Luceng, Gong Shitai, Zhou Boqi, Wu Dang · 1 passage

魯曾曰：「堯之母為帝嚳庶妃，堯立為帝，未聞冊以為后而配嚳。 Luceng replied: "Yao's mother was a secondary consort of Emperor Ku. When Yao became emperor, no one ever heard of her being enregistered as empress to share sacrifice with Ku.