Five Dynasties · Nun

Shenyi 深意

Shēnyì

Attested AD 940

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Shenyi as a nun and religious leader. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Shenyi 深意 Shēnyì
Religious name Shenyi 深意
Surname Sun
Descriptive kinship the nun

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Nun
  • Religious Leader

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 有尼深意居其中 · Western Year: AD 940
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:049:s0118

Family

  • Kin of Sun Fangjian (孫方簡)
    Kinship Term: clan relative / 族人 · Parentage: claimed · Subject Role: kinsman · Object Role: kinswoman
    Kinship Term: clan relative / 族人 · Parentage: claimed · Subject Role: kinswoman · Object Role: kinsman

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Assessments and attributes

  • Kind: posthumous-claim · Statement: body said not to decay; fort people honored and served her

References in the histories

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 49Volume 49 Miscellaneous Biographies 29: Di Guangye, Feng Hui, Huang Fuhui, Tang Jingsi, Wang Jin, Chang Si, Sun Fangjian · 3 passages