Yuan · Family Member

Pan Miaoyuan 潘妙圓

Died AD 1359

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Pan Miaoyuan was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1359 至正十九年
Threw herself into her husband's funeral fire
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 212

Attested activity

AD 1359 至正十九年
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 207

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Xu Yunrang (徐允讓)
wife 妻
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 206

Places and affiliations

At Shanyin 山陰
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 206

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passages 209-210

Events and relationships

Tricked soldiers into cremating her husband then threw herself into the fire
AD 1359 至正十九年 · Military · Widow
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passages 209-212

Source notes

given name Miaoyuan
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 206

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 201Volume 201 Biographies 88: Exemplary Women 2 · 4 passages

徐允讓妻潘氏，名妙圓，山陰人。 Xu Yunrang's wife Lady Pan, whose given name was Miaoyuan, came from Shanyin.

舅被執，夫泣以救舅脫，夫被兵所殺，欲強辱潘氏。 Their uncle was captured. Her husband wept as he struggled to save him and win his release, but the soldiers killed him and then tried to force themselves on Lady Pan.

潘氏因紿之曰：「我夫既死，我從汝必矣。 Lady Pan deceived them, saying, "My husband is dead. I will surely go with you.

火既熾，潘氏且泣且語，遂投火以死。 Once the flames were roaring, Lady Pan wept and spoke as she went, then cast herself into the fire and died.