Wife of Yue Qi (岳起妻)

Overview

Wife of Yue Qi was a Family Member.

PeriodQing

IdentityHistorical · Female · Anonymous individuated

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

妻歿, after 岳起 died in 嘉慶八年
Sequence after-husband
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 359, passage 40

Attested activity

AD 1803 八年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 359, passages 39, 46

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Yue Qi (岳起)
wife 妻 · Widowed
wife 妻
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 359, passages 39-40

Learning and skills

Skill spinning 紡績 · Level livelihood
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 359, passage 46

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressed to Yue Qi (岳起)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 359, passage 44

Events and relationships

Lived by spinning
Economic · Widow
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 359, passage 46
Rebuked husband for imitating Bi Yuan
Admonition · Speaker
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 359, passage 44

Assessments and attributes

Assessment stern and upright · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 359, passage 42

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 359Volume 359 Biographies 146: Yue Qi, Jing Daoqian, Xie Qikun, Li Diantu, Zhang Shicheng, Wang Shaolan, Li Yichou, Qian Kai, He Shunwu · 5 passages

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以岳起家清貧，留贍其妻； Because Yue Qi's household had been upright and poor, the estate was left to support his wife;

妻歿，官為管業，以為祭掃修墳之資。 when she died the government took charge of the property to provide for sacrifices, tomb sweeping, and grave maintenance.

妻亦嚴正，岳起為巡撫時，一日親往籍畢沅家。 His wife was equally stern and upright; while Yue Qi was governor he went in person one day to inventory the household of Bi Yuan.

妻正色曰：「畢公躭於酒色，不保其家，君方畏戒之不暇，乃復效彼耶？」 His wife said sternly, "Master Bi was lost to wine and women and could not preserve his household; you are still busy guarding yourself against such ruin—will you now imitate him?"

及至京，居無邸舍，病歿於僧寺，妻紡績以終。 When he reached the capital he had no house of his own; he fell ill and died in a Buddhist temple, and his wife lived out her days by spinning.