Song, Liao, and Jin · Family Member

Mother of Zhao Shanying 趙善應母

Attested AD 1140 - AD 1175

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mother of Zhao Shanying was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · History of Song 392, passage 9

Attested activity

AD 1140 to AD 1175 趙善應在世之時
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 392, passages 5, 9, 28

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Zhao Ruyu (趙汝愚)
grandmother 祖母 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Zhao Shanying (趙善應)
Strongly inferred · History of Song 392, passage 28
Parent of Zhao Shanying (趙善應)
mother 母
Directly stated · History of Song 392, passages 5, 9
Spouse of Father of Zhao Shanying (趙善應父)
parents/spouses 親
Strongly inferred · History of Song 392, passages 4, 10

Assessments and attributes

born in a mao year
Birth branch
Directly stated · History of Song 392, passage 12

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 392, passage 5

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 392Volume 392 Biographies 151: Zhao Ruyu and Son: Chongxian · 5 passages

母畏雷，每聞雷則披衣走其所。 His mother was afraid of thunder, and at every peal he would throw on his clothes and hurry to her side.

嘗寒夜遠歸，從者將扣門，遽止之曰：「無恐吾母。」 Once he came home late on a bitter night. As his attendants were about to knock at the door, he stopped them at once: "Don't startle my mother."

母喪，哭泣嘔血，毀瘠骨立，終日俯首柩傍，聞雷猶起，側立垂涕。 When his mother died he wept until he brought up blood, wasted to skin and bone, and spent the whole day bowed beside her coffin. He still rose at thunder, standing aside with tears streaming down.

母生歲值卯，謂卯兔神也，終其身不食兔。 His mother had been born in a mao year, which he held to be the sign of the rabbit spirit, and he never ate rabbit meat as long as he lived.

會祖母訃至，即日歸，因自劾，上不加罪。 News of his grandmother's death arrived and he went home the same day, impeaching himself in the process. The emperor did not penalize him.