Five Dynasties · Maid of Wang Lin

Spring Swallow 春燕

Chūnyàn

Attested AD 935

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Spring Swallow was a Maid of Wang Lin.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 935 鏻病中
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 91

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Wang Jipeng (王繼鵬)
taken as concubine 蒸
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 91

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68: Hereditary House of Min · 1 passage

鏻婢春燕有色，其子繼鵬蒸之，鏻已病，繼鵬因陳氏以求春燕，鏻怏怏與之。 Spring Swallow, a maid in Lin's household, was beautiful. His son Jipeng took her as a concubine. Already gravely ill, Lin yielded her to Jipeng at Empress Chen's urging, though he did so with bitter reluctance.