Sui and Tang · Family Member

Mother of Yuan Dexiu

Attested AD 695 - AD 754

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mother of Yuan Dexiu was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 5

Attested activity

AD 695 to AD 754 事母孝…母亡
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 4-5

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Yuan Lushan (元魯山)
mother 母
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 4
Parent of Elder Brother of Yuan Dexiu
mother 母
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 194, passage 8

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 4

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 194Volume 194 Biographies 119: Outstanding Conduct · 2 passages

少孤，事母孝，舉進士，不忍去左右，自負母入京師。 Orphaned in youth, he served his mother with deep filial devotion. After passing the jinshi examination, he could not bear to leave her and carried her on his back all the way to the capital.

既擢第，母亡，廬墓側，食不鹽酪，藉無茵席。 Once he had passed the examination, his mother died. He lived in a hut beside her grave, ate no salt or dairy, and slept on straw without even a mat.