Tong Bana (童八娜) | 24 Histories

Overview

Tong Bana was an Exemplary Woman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1174 to AD 1190 林栗侍親官其地
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passages 327-328, 330

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Parent of Tong Bana (童八娜之親)
parent 親 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · History of Song 460, passage 328

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Song 南宋 · Relation Subject of
Strongly inferred · History of Song 460, passages 327, 331
At Jian'ao in Tongyuan Township, Yin 鄞之通遠鄉建奧
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 327

Events and relationships

Grasped a tiger's tail and offered herself in her grandmother's place
AD 1174 to AD 1190 林栗侍親官其地 · Personal · Rescuer
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passages 328-329
Received temple sacrifice after Lin Li reported to the court
Ritual · Honoree · Mode named-person-report Witness Person Id Lin Li (林栗)
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 331

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 460Volume 460 Biographies 219: Exemplary Women: Zhu E, Zhang Shi, Peng Lienu, Hao Jiee, Zhu Shi, Cui Shi, Zhao Shi, Ding Shi, Xiang Shi, Wang Shierfu, Xu Shi, Rong Shi, He Shi, Dong Shi, Tan Shi, Liu Shi, Zhang Shi, Shi Shi, Chen Tangqian, Jie Fuliaoshi, Liu Dangkemu, Ceng Shifu, Wang Maoqi, Tu Duanyouqi, Zhan Shinu, Liu Shengqi, Xie Biqi, Xie Fangdeqi, Wang Zhenfu, Zhao Huaiqie, Tan Shifu, Wu Zhongfuqi, Lu Zhong Zhunu, Lin Laonu, Tong Shinu, Han Shinu, Wang Shifu, Liutong Ziqi Mao Xixi · 3 passages

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童八娜，鄞之通遠鄉建奧人。 Tong Bana was from Jian'ao in Tongyuan Township, Yin.

虎銜其大母，女手拽虎尾，祈以身代。 A tiger seized her grandmother; the girl grasped its tail and begged to take her grandmother's place.

虎為釋其大母，銜女以去。 The tiger released her grandmother and carried off the girl.