Former wife of Nie Yu (聶嶼故偶)

Overview

Former wife of Nie Yu was a Family Member.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Female · Anonymous individuated

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 to AD 930 天成
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 73, passage 41

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Nie Yu (聶嶼)
spouse 偶 · Widowed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 73, passage 41

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 73Volume 73 Book of Later Tang 49: Biographies 25: Mao Zhang, Nie Yu, Wen Tao, Duan Ning, Kong Qian, Li Ye · 1 passage

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嶼內河東節判時，郭氏次子之婦，孀居於家，嶼喪偶未久，復忍而納幣，人皆罪之。 While serving as internal secretary and circuit judge in Hedong, Nie learned that the wife of Guo's second son was living at home as a widow. Though he had himself been widowed only recently, he brazenly sent betrothal gifts to her, to universal condemnation.