Wang Shi (王氏) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wang Shi was an aristocrat and Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

Drowned herself after cursing the attackers · At Xingyuan 興元
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 201

Attested activity

AD 1230 紹定三年
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passage 198
AD 1230 to AD 1234 大元兵破蜀
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passages 199, 201

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Du Shi (杜氏)
daughter-in-law 婦
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 202
Parent of Liu Dangke (劉當可)
mother 母
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 197

Career and standing

Grand Lady of Heyi Commandery 和義郡太夫人
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 204

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Killed during attack by
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 201
AD 1230 紹定三年
At Xingyuan 興元 · Relation Resided under son's support
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passage 198

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressed to Liu Dangke (劉當可) · Extent s0200 · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Wang Shi (王氏)
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 200

Events and relationships

Cursed the Yuan army and threw herself into the river rather than suffer disgrace
Suicide · Subject
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 201

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 · 5 passages

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王氏，利州路提舉常平司幹辦公事劉當可之母也。 Wang Shi was the mother of Liu Dangke, Clerk of the Ever-Normal Granary Commission of Lizhou Circuit.

當可捧檄白母，王氏毅然勉之曰：“汝食君祿，豈可辭難。” Dangke received the dispatch and told his mother; Wang Shi resolutely urged him: 'You draw the ruler's salary—how can you shrink from hardship?'

當可行，大元軍屠興元，王氏義不辱，大罵投江而死。 Dangke set out; the Yuan army massacred Xingyuan. Wang Shi, choosing death over disgrace, cursed them and threw herself into the river.

當可聞變，奔赴江滸，得母喪以歸。 Hearing of the disaster, Dangke rushed to the riverbank, recovered his mother's body, and brought it home.

詔贈和義郡太夫人。 An edict posthumously granted her the title of Grand Lady of Heyi Commandery.