Yuan · Coresident of Lady Yi's household

Old Woman Wang 王媼

Wang ao

Attested AD 1271 - AD 1368

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Old Woman Wang was a Coresident of Lady Yi's household.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1271 to AD 1368 Yuan-dynasty setting of Yuanshi exemplary-women chapter
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 201, passage 40

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Subject of
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 201, passage 40

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 40

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 201Volume 201 Biographies 88: Exemplary Women 2 · 1 passage

是夕，衣氏具雞黍祭其夫，家之所有悉散之鄰里及同居王媼，曰：「吾聞一馬不被兩鞍，吾夫既死，與之同棺共穴可也。」 That night she prepared a meal to honor her husband and gave away everything they owned to the neighbors and to Old Woman Wang, who lived with them, saying, "They say one horse cannot bear two saddles. Now that my husband is dead, it is right that we share one coffin and one grave."