Sui and Tang · Consort

Shangguan Shi 上官氏

Born c. AD 623

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shangguan Shi was a consort.

Life and dates

Death

died soon afterward 尋卒
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 327

Age

18
AD 640 to AD 655 歸於靈龜時 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 316

Attested activity

AD 640 to AD 665 唐楚王靈龜妃上官氏記事
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 203, passages 314, 327

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Prince Lingui (靈龜)
consort 妃
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passages 314, 316
Child of Shangguan Huairen (上官懷仁)
father 父
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 315

Kinship Role children · Count 0 · Negated true
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 323
Kinship Role birth parents · Count 2
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 317
Kinship Role parents-in-law · Count 2
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 318
Kinship Role siblings · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passages 323, 326

Career and standing

Entered
Widow
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passages 319, 323

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Lived under
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 314
At Shanggui in Qin Prefecture 秦州上邽
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 314

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Quote true
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passages 321, 324-325

Events and relationships

Buried former consort with husband
Ritual · Actor · With Lady Yan (閻氏)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passages 321-322
Self mutilation nose and ear
Personal · Actor
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 326

Assessments and attributes

Assessment admired for burying former consort with full rites · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 322
cut off her nose and ear
Physical description
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 326

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 203Volume 193 Biographies 143: Exemplary Women · 5 passages

楚王靈龜妃上官氏，秦州上邽人。 Shangguan Shi, consort of Prince Lingui of Chu, was a native of Shanggui in Qin Prefecture.

上官年十八，歸於靈龜，繼楚哀王後。 At eighteen Shangguan married Prince Lingui, who succeeded the lamented King of Chu.

上官氏曰：「必神而靈，寧可使孤魂無托！」 Shangguan said, "If the dead retain consciousness, how could we leave a solitary soul without a resting place!"

服終，諸兄姊謂曰：「妃年尚少，又無所生，改醮異門，禮儀常範，妃可思之。」 When her mourning ended, her siblings said, "You are still young and bore no children; remarriage is ordinary custom—you should consider it."

妃掩泣對曰：「丈夫以義烈標名，婦人以守節為行。 Covering her face, she wept and replied, "A husband wins renown through righteous courage; a wife wins it through steadfast integrity.