Zhu E (朱娥) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhu E was a Named Individual.

Life and dates

Death

Throat severed after dozens of cuts · Cause Killed by Zhu Yan · With Zhu Yan (朱顏)
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 14

Age

10
Unit years · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 12

Attested activity

AD 960 to AD 1127 宋列女
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passages 10, 12

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Grandmother of Zhu E (祖媼)
granddaughter 孫女 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 11
Child of Zhu Hui (朱回)
daughter 女
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 10
Child of Mother of Zhu E
daughter 女
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 11

Career and standing

grain and silk granted to her family 賜其家粟帛
Bestowed
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 15

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · History of Song 460, passage 1
At Shangyu, Yuezhou 越州上虞
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 10

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 12

Events and relationships

Grandmother escaped because of her
Rescue · Rescuer · With Grandmother of Zhu E (祖媼)
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 13
Posthumous statue and seasonal sacrifices in Cao E Temple
AD 960 to AD 1127 其後 · Ritual · Honoree · With Dong Jie (董皆) · At Cao E Temple 曹娥廟
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 16
Shielded grandmother under the knife
Assault · Defender · With Zhu Yan (朱顏)
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 12

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 1

References in the histories

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 · 6 passages

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朱娥者，越州上虞朱回女也。 Zhu E was the daughter of Zhu Hui of Shangyu in Yuezhou.

娥十歲，裏中朱顏與媼競，持刀欲殺媼，一家驚潰，獨娥號呼突前，擁蔽其媼，手挽顏衣，以身下墜顏刀，曰：“寧殺我，毋殺媼也。” When E was ten, a neighbor named Zhu Yan quarreled with her grandmother and drew a knife to kill her. The whole household fled in panic, but E alone cried out and rushed forward, shielding her grandmother, clutching Yan's robe and throwing herself beneath his blade. 'Kill me instead,' she cried, 'but spare Grandmother!'

媼以娥故得脫。 Thanks to E, her grandmother escaped.

娥連被數十刀，猶手挽顏衣不釋，顏忿恚，斷其喉以死。 E was struck dozens of times yet still would not let go of Yan's robe. Enraged, Yan cut her throat and killed her.

其後，會稽令董皆為娥立像於曹娥廟，歲時配享焉。 Later, Dong Jie, magistrate of Kuaiji, erected a statue of her in the Cao E Temple, where she received sacrifices at the seasonal festivals.