Qin and Han · Family Member

Wife of Wei Xiang 魏相夫人

Attested BC 67 - BC 59

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wife of Wei Xiang was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 67 to BC 59 夫人賊殺待婢事
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 185

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Wei Xiang (魏相)
wife 夫人
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 185

Events and relationships

Alleged murder of maidservant
Legal · Accused · Negated true
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passages 185-186

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 96Biography of Chancellor Zhang · 2 passages

復使人脅恐魏丞相，以夫人賊殺待婢事而私獨奏請驗之，發吏卒至丞相舍，捕奴婢笞擊問之，實不以兵刃殺也。 Zhao then sent men to threaten and intimidate Chancellor Wei, and privately submitted a memorial accusing the chancellor's wife of murdering a maidservant, requesting an investigation. He dispatched officials and soldiers to the chancellor's residence, where they seized the household slaves and interrogated them under the lash, yet in truth no blade had been used to kill her.

而丞相司直繁君奏京兆尹趙君迫脅丞相，誣以夫人賊殺婢，發吏卒圍捕丞相舍，不道； But the chancellor's superintendent of justice Fan Jun memorialized that the Prefect of the Capital Zhao Jun had coerced and threatened the chancellor. Zhao had falsely accused the chancellor's wife of murdering a maidservant and sent officials and soldiers to surround and seize the chancellor's residence—conduct contrary to propriety;