Zhuo Wenjun (卓文君)

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhuo Wenjun as a consort, family member, and musician. This record brings together 10 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhuo Wenjun	卓文君	Zhuō Wénjūn
Descriptive kinship	daughter of Zhuo Wangsun	卓王孫女
Personal name	Wenjun	文君	Wénjūn
Descriptive kinship	Wife of Sima Xiangru	相如妻
Personal name	Zhuo Wenjun	卓文君

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Female

Sex: female
Explicit · hanshu:066:s0018, hanshu:067:s0029, hanshu:067:s0176

Roles

Consort
Family Member
Musician

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 卓王孫…使其女尚司馬長卿 · Western Year: BC 129
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:067:s0029, hanshu:067:s0035
Source Date: Text: 卓王孫有女文君新寡 · Western Interval: Start: BC 144 · End: BC 140
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:066:s0018
Source Date: Text: 問其妻 · Western Year: BC 117
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:067:s0176, hanshu:067:s0175

Family

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Child of Zhuo Wangsun (卓王孫)
Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father · Line: paternal
Spouse of Sima Xiangru (司馬相如)
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Union Type: elopement then recognized marriage · Relationship State: active · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 文君夜亡奔相如 · Western Interval: Start: BC 144 · End: BC 140
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband

Kinship Role: brothers and kin · Note: 昆弟 from whom Wenjun proposed borrowing; count not stated · Quantity: plural unknown · Count: 2
Explicit · hanshu:066:s0026

Career and standing

Status: wealthy · Action: entered
Explicit · hanshu:066:s0034
Status: widow · Action: held · Note: newly widowed before elopement
Explicit · hanshu:066:s0018

Places and affiliations

Place: Chengdu / 成都 · Relation: resided-in
Explicit · hanshu:066:s0022, hanshu:066:s0034
Place: Linqiang / 臨邛 · Relation: sojourned-in
Explicit · hanshu:066:s0026, hanshu:066:s0027

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Zhuo Wenjun (卓文君)
Explicit · hanshu:067:s0176, hanshu:067:s0177, hanshu:067:s0178
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Explicit · hanshu:066:s0026

Events and relationships

Kind: elopement · Role: participant · Action: fled by night to join Xiangru; returned to Chengdu · Other Person Id: Sima Xiangru (司馬相如)
Explicit · hanshu:066:s0022