Dates uncertain · Named Individual

Poor man's daughter 貧人女

Undated parable

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Poor man's daughter was a Named Individual.

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Attested activity

undated parable
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 145

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Rich man's daughter (富人女) · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Gan Mao (甘茂)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 145

Source notes

Historicity literary
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 71, passage 145

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 71Biographies of Shu Lizi and Gan Mao · 1 passage

臣聞貧人女與富人女會績，貧人女曰：『我無以買燭，而子之燭光幸有餘，子可分我餘光，無損子明而得一斯便焉。』 Your subject has heard that when a poor man's daughter and a rich man's daughter were spinning together, the poor girl said: "I have no means to buy a candle, but your candlelight fortunately has surplus. You can share your surplus light with me, harming not your brightness while I gain this convenience."