Yang Shi (楊氏) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yang Shi was a Family Member.

PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin

IdentityHistorical · Female

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1127 to AD 1279 (undated in chapter)
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 140

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Zhang Shi (張氏)
her mother 其母
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 140
Spouse of Father of Zhang Shi (羅江士人)
widow 寡居 · Marriage · Widowed
widow of 寡居 · Marriage · Widowed
Strongly inferred · History of Song 460, passage 140

Career and standing

Held
Widow
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 140
exonerated 得免
Cleared
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 161

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Paraphrased
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 145

Events and relationships

Suspected tortured did not confess
Legal · Accused
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passages 144, 147

Assessments and attributes

Assessment known for purity · Mode named-person-judgment Speaker Zhang Shi (張氏)
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 150

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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 · 8 passages

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其母楊氏寡居。 Her mother Yang Shi lived as a widow.

會罷，楊氏歸，則乙死於庫，莫知殺者主名。 When the feast ended, Yang returned to find Yi dead in the storehouse, with no knowing who had killed him.

提點成都府路刑獄張文饒疑楊有私，懼為人知，殺乙以滅口，遂命石泉軍劾治。 Zhang Wenrao, Commissioner of Judicial Review for the Chengdu Circuit, suspected Yang of a secret affair and, fearing exposure, of killing Yi to silence him; he ordered Shiquan to investigate.

楊言與女同榻，實無他。 Yang said she and her daughter shared a bed and there was truly nothing else.

吏乃掘地為坑，縛母於其內，旁列熾火，間以水沃之，絕而復蘇者屢，辭終不服。 The clerks dug a pit, bound the mother inside, set fires blazing beside her, and intermittently poured water on her; she died and revived repeatedly, yet never confessed.

一日，女謂獄吏曰：“我不勝苦毒，將死矣，願一見母而絕。” One day the daughter told the prison clerk: "I cannot bear this torture and am about to die; let me see my mother once more."

既見，謂母曰：“母以清潔聞，奈何受此汙辱。 When she saw her mother she said: "You are known for your purity—how can you suffer this disgrace?

楊乃得免。 Yang was thereby exonerated.