Sui and Tang · Family Member

Nephew of Yuan Dexiu

Attested AD 695 - AD 754

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Nephew of Yuan Dexiu was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 695 to AD 754 兄子繈褓…將為娶
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 9-10

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Yuan Lushan (元魯山)
brother's son 兄子 · paternal line · Through Elder Brother of Yuan Dexiu
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 8-9
Child of Elder Brother of Yuan Dexiu
father 父
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 8-9
Child of Mother of Yuan Dexiu's Nephew
mother 母
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 194, passage 9

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 9

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 194Volume 194 Biographies 119: Outstanding Conduct · 3 passages

德秀不及親在而娶，不肯婚，人以為不可絕嗣，答曰：「兄有子，先人得祀，吾何娶為？」 Dexiu had never married while his parents lived, and he now refused to wed at all. People urged that he must not let the line die out, but he answered: "My elder brother has a son; our ancestors will still receive offerings—why should I take a wife?"

初，兄子繈褓喪親，無資得乳媼，德秀自乳之，數日湩流，能食乃止。 Earlier, his brother's infant son had lost both parents and the family could not afford a wet nurse, so Dexiu nursed the child himself until milk came; only when the boy could eat solid food did he stop.

既長，將為娶，家苦貧，乃求為魯山令。 When the boy grew up and a marriage had to be arranged, the household was desperately poor, so Dexiu sought appointment as magistrate of Lushan.