Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Attendant

Old woman of Wu 吳媼

Attested AD 582

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Old woman of Wu was an Attendant.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 582 宣帝崩
Dated from the passage context · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 202

Events and relationships

Saved the last ruler
Rescue · Rescuer · With Liu Jingyan (柳敬言), the last ruler (後主)
Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 202

References in the histories

History of the Southern Dynasties, Chapter 12Volume 12 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts 2 · 1 passage

宣帝崩，始興王叔陵為亂，後主賴后與吳媼救而獲免。 When Emperor Xuan died Shuling, prince of Shixing, raised a rebellion; the last ruler was saved by the empress and an old woman of Wu and thereby escaped harm.