Yuan · Family Member

Zhang 張氏

Attested AD 1297 - AD 1307

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1297 to AD 1307 大德間
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 200, passage 107

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Guo (郭氏)
daughter 女
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 107

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 200Volume 200 Biographies 87: Exemplary Women 1 · 3 passages

少孤，事母張氏孝謹，以女儀聞於鄉。 Orphaned young, she served her mother Lady Zhang with filial devotion and was known in the village for proper conduct as a woman.

及笄，富貴家慕之，爭求聘，張氏不許。 When she came of age, wealthy families admired her and competed for her hand, but Zhang would not consent.

時德政教授里中，年四十餘，貌甚古陋，張氏以貧不能教二子，欲納德政為婿，使教之。 At the time Dezheng taught in the village. He was over forty and very plain in appearance. Zhang, too poor to educate her two sons, wished to take Dezheng as a son-in-law so he could teach them.