Aunt of Wang Yu (王瑜姑)

Overview

Aunt of Wang Yu was a Family Member.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Female · Anonymous individuated

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 946 丙午歲
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passages 34, 51-52

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Wang Yu (王瑜)
aunt 姑
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 51
Spouse of Former husband of Wang Yu's aunt (王瑜姑前夫)
former husband 前夫 · Widowed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 51

Career and standing

Active
Widow
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 51

Learning and skills

Skill foretelling fortune 預告吉兇 · Level infallible-in-chapter
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 51

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Wang Yu (王瑜)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 52

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 96Volume 96 Book of Later Jin 22: Biographies 11: Kong Chongbi, Chen Baoji, Wang Yu, Zhang Jizuo, Zhen Ruan, Hu Rao, Liu Suiqing, Fang Gao, Meng Chenghui, Liu Jixun, Zheng Shouyi, Cheng Xun, Li Yu, Zheng Xuansu, Ma Zhongji, Chen Xuan · 1 passage

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始瑜有姑寡居，來歸其家，以前夫遺腹有子，經數年不產，每因事預告人吉兇，無不驗者。 Yu had an aunt, a widow, who came to live in his household. She was said to be carrying her late husband's posthumous child, yet for years she bore none; still, whenever she foretold good or ill fortune, her predictions always came true.