Sui and Tang · Writer and Official's Wife

Wei Shi 魏氏

First attested AD 712; died AD 713

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wei Shi was a Writer and Official's Wife.

Life and dates

Death

AD 713 to AD 741 開元中
Unspecified
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 200

Attested activity

AD 712 to AD 713 先天中
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 193, passages 194-195
AD 713 to AD 741 開元中
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 193, passages 196, 199-200

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Yanquan (彥泉)
descendant 後 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 190
Child of Keji (克己)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 192
Spouse of Song Tingyu (宋庭瑜)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passages 190, 195

Origins and identity

Shandong gentry clan 山東士族
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 191

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Subject of
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 194
At Gucheng, Ding Prefecture 定州鼓城
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 190
AD 712 to AD 713 先天中
At Fu Prefecture 涪州 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passages 194-195
Organization Shandong gentry 山東士族 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 191

Learning and skills

Skill literary composition 屬文 · Level skilled
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 193

Works and attributed material

Rhapsody on the Southern Expedition 南征賦
Relation Author
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 195
Rhapsody on the Southern Expedition 南征賦
Relation Author
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passages 195, 197
Letter · Author · With Zhang Yue (張說) · Paraphrased
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 197
Rhapsody · Author
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 195

Events and relationships

Accompanied husband to Fuzhou post
AD 712 to AD 713 先天中 · Travel · Companion · With Song Tingyu (宋庭瑜)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 195
Wrote Zhang Yue pleading husband case
AD 712 to AD 713 先天中 · Political · Petitioner · With Zhang Yue (張說)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 197
Relation Petitioner to · Person Zhang Yue (張說)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 197

Assessments and attributes

Assessment contemporaries all grieved for the couple · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 200
Assessment in the manner of Lady Cao's Eastern Expedition · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id Zhang Yue (張說)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 198

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 190

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 193Volume 187 Biographies 137: Loyal and Righteous 1 · 5 passages

宋庭瑜妻魏氏宋庭瑜妻魏氏，定州鼓城人，隋著作郎彥泉之後也。 Wei Shi, wife of Song Tingyu, was a native of Gucheng in Ding Prefecture, a descendant of the Sui Authoring Gentleman Yanquan.

魏氏善屬文。 Wei was skilled at literary composition.

魏氏隨夫之任，中路作《南征賦》以敘志，詞甚典美。 Wei accompanied her husband to his post; en route she composed "Rhapsody on the Southern Expedition" to express her intent in language of great elegance.

初，中書令張說年少時為克己所重，魏氏恨其夫為外職，乃作書與說，敘亡父疇昔之事，並為庭瑜申理，乃錄《南征賦》寄說。 Earlier, when Zhang Yue was young, Keji had valued him; resenting her husband's exile, Wei wrote to Yue recounting her late father's dealings with him and pleading Tingyu's case, enclosing the "Rhapsody on the Southern Expedition."

魏氏旬日亦殞，時人莫不傷之。 Wei died within ten days as well; all who heard grieved for them.