Wife of Zheng Yunsou (鄭雲叟妻)

Overview

Wife of Zheng Yunsou was a Family Member.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Female · Anonymous individuated

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Death

died in succession with the children
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 93, passage 201

Attested activity

AD 888 to AD 904 唐昭宗朝
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 93, passage 194

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Zheng Yunsou (鄭雲叟)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 93, passage 194

Works and attributed material

Letter · Author · With Zheng Yunsou (鄭雲叟)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 93, passage 196

Events and relationships

Refused to go into reclusion
Personal · Actor
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 93, passage 194

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 93Volume 93 Book of Later Jin 19: Biographies 8: Lu Zhi, Li Zhuanmei, Lu Zhan, Cui Zhuo, Xue Rong, Cao Guozhen, Zhang Renyuan, Zhao Xi, Li Xia, Yin Yuyu, Zheng Yunsou · 2 passages

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唐昭宗朝，嘗應進士舉，不第，因欲攜妻子隱於林壑，其妻非之，不肯行，雲叟乃薄遊諸郡，獲數百緡以贍其家，辭訣而去。 During the reign of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang he once took the Jinshi examination but failed. He therefore wished to take his wife and children and live hidden in mountains and valleys, but his wife disapproved and refused to go. Yunsou then traveled lightly through various prefectures, obtained several hundred strings of cash to support his family, bade farewell, and departed.

後妻以書達意，勸其還家，雲叟未嘗一覽，悉投於火，其絕累如此。 Later his wife sent a letter expressing her wishes and urging him to return home, but Yunsou never so much as read it—he threw it all into the fire. Such was his severing of worldly ties.