Sui and Tang · Named Individual

Poor old woman of Shangdang 貧媼

Attested AD 906

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Poor old woman of Shangdang was a Named Individual.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 906 天祐三年十一月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passages 47, 51

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Son of the poor old woman of Shangdang (貧媼之子)
mother 母
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passages 48-49

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressed to Diviner at Shangdang (上黨占者)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 49

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 52Volume 52 Book of Later Tang 28: Biographies 4: Li Sizhao, Pei Yue, Li Siben, Li Si'en · 4 passages

始嗣昭未到之前，上黨有占者，見一人家舍上常有氣如車蓋，視之，但一貧媼而已。 Before Sizhao arrived, a diviner at Shangdang noticed a canopy-like vapor rising above a certain house. He looked closer and found only a poor old woman.

占者謂媼：「有子乎？」 The diviner asked her, "Do you have a son?"

未幾，丁會既降，嗣昭領兵入潞，以媼家四面空缺，乃駐於是舍。 Soon afterward, when Ding Hui surrendered, Sizhao entered Lu with his army. The old woman's house stood open on every side, and he made his headquarters there.

丁會既歸太原，武皇遣使命嗣昭為帥，乃自媼舍而入理所，其氣尋息，聞者異之。 After Ding Hui returned to Taiyuan, the Martial Emperor confirmed Sizhao as commander. Sizhao moved from the old woman's house into the official residence, and the strange vapor soon faded. All who heard of it were astonished.