Sixian (兕先氏) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Sixian as a named individual. This record brings together 11 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Sixian	兕先氏	Sìxiān Shì
Alternate	Er	兒	Ér

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Female

Sex: female
Explicit · weishu:098:s0001

Roles

Named Individual

Life and dates

Death

Manner: stabbed to death · Responsible Person Id: Peng Laosheng (彭老生)
Explicit · weishu:098:s0124, weishu:098:s0125, weishu:098:s0126, weishu:098:s0127, weishu:098:s0128, weishu:098:s0129

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 太和七年 · Western Year: AD 483
Explicit event contextual date · weishu:098:s0001

Family

Kin of Uncle of Sixian (兕先之叔)
Kinship Term: uncle / 叔 · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: niece · Generation Distance: 1
Betrothed to Peng Laosheng (彭老生)
Kinship Term: betrothed / 許嫁 · Union Category: betrothal · Subject Role: betrothed woman · Object Role: betrothed man · Relationship State: ended

Kinship Role: parents · Count: 2
Explicit · weishu:098:s0119, weishu:098:s0121

Career and standing

Label: Chaste Woman / 貞女 · Action: posthumously styled · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太和七年 · Western Year: AD 483
Explicit · weishu:098:s0135, weishu:098:s0136

Works and attributed material

Kind: dying speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Peng Laosheng (彭老生) · Quoted: true · Provenance: Mode: direct-quotation · Source Person Id: Sixian (兕先氏)
Explicit · weishu:098:s0125, weishu:098:s0126, weishu:098:s0127, weishu:098:s0128
Kind: refusal · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Peng Laosheng (彭老生) · Quoted: true · Provenance: Mode: direct-quotation · Source Person Id: Sixian (兕先氏)
Explicit · weishu:098:s0120, weishu:098:s0121, weishu:098:s0122

Events and relationships

Kind: labor · Action: pounded grain and drew water to support her parents
Explicit · weishu:098:s0119

Assessments and attributes

Item: marked tomb / 標墓 · Relation: honored
Explicit · weishu:098:s0136

Source notes

Field: name · Statement: History of the Northern Dynasties reads 兒 (Er) for 兕先 (Sixian) · Source Work: 北史
Textual variant · weishu:098:s0230

References in the histories

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Book of Wei, Chapter 98Volume 92: Notable Women: Cui Lan's Consort Feng, Feng Zhuo's Consort Liu, Wei Pu's Consort Fang, Hu Changming's Consort Zhang · 11 passages

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崔覽妻封氏封卓妻劉氏魏溥妻房氏胡長命妻張氏平原女子孫氏房愛親妻崔氏涇州貞女兕先氏[1] 姚氏婦楊氏張洪初妻劉氏[2] 董景起妻張氏陽尼妻高氏史映周妻耿氏任城國太妃孟氏苟金龍妻劉氏盧元禮妻李氏河東孝女姚氏刁思遵妻魯氏 Lady Feng, consort of Cui Lan; Lady Liu, consort of Feng Zhuo; Lady Fang, consort of Wei Pu; Lady Zhang, consort of Hu Changming; Sun Nanyu of Pingyuan; Lady Cui, consort of Fang Aiqin; the chaste woman Sixian of Jing Prefecture; Lady Yang of the Yao household; Lady Liu, consort of Zhang Hongchu; Lady Zhang, consort of Dong Jingqi; Lady Gao, consort of Yang Ni; Lady Geng, consort of Shi Yingzhou; Grand Consort Meng of Rencheng; Lady Liu, consort of Gou Jinlong; Lady Li, consort of Lu Yuanli; the filial daughter Yao of Hedong; Lady Lu, consort of Diao Sizun.

涇州貞女兕先氏，許嫁彭老生為妻，娉幣既畢，未及成禮。 The chaste woman Sixian of Jing Prefecture had been betrothed to Peng Laosheng; the betrothal gifts were complete, but the wedding had not yet taken place.

兕先率行貞淑，居貧常自舂汲，以養父母。 Sixian conducted herself with chaste purity; though poor, she pounded grain and drew water herself to support her parents.

老生輒往逼之，女曰：「與君禮命雖畢，二門多故，未及相見。 Laosheng repeatedly tried to force himself upon her; she said, "Though our betrothal is settled, both our families have suffered many troubles and we have not yet met.

女尚能言，臨死謂老生曰：「生身何罪，與君相遇。 She could still speak; dying, she said to Laosheng, "What crime did I commit in being born, that I should meet you?

老生持女珠瓔至其叔宅，以告叔。 Laosheng took the girl's pearl ornaments to her uncle's house and told him what had happened.

叔曰：「此是汝婦，奈何殺之，天不祐汝！」 The uncle said, "She was your betrothed—how could you kill her? Heaven will not protect you!"

詔曰：「老生不仁，侵陵貞淑，原其強暴，便可戮之。 An edict declared: "Laosheng was cruel and violated a chaste woman; given his violence, let him be executed.

而女守禮履節，沒身不改，雖處草萊，行合古跡，宜賜美名，以顯風操。 The girl upheld ritual and integrity to the end; though she lived among common folk, her conduct matched the ancients—grant her a fine name to display her virtue.

其標墓旌善，號曰『貞女』。」 Mark her tomb and proclaim her virtue, styling her the 'Chaste Woman.'"

涇州貞女兕先氏北史卷九一傳目及傳「兕先」作「兒」。 The chaste woman Sixian of Jing Prefecture: in juan 91 of the History of the Northern Dynasties, both the table of contents and the biography read "Er" instead of "Sixian."