Yuan · Family Member

Lady Cheng 程氏

Chéng shì

Attested AD 1368

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Cheng was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

Suicide by hanging
Directly stated · History of Yuan 196, passage 41

Attested activity

AD 1368 至正二十八年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 196, passages 37, 89

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Min Ben (閔本)
wife 妻
Directly stated · History of Yuan 196, passage 37

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Quote true
Directly stated · History of Yuan 196, passage 39

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 196Volume 196 Biographies 83: Loyal and Righteous Acts 4 · 3 passages

大明兵薄京師，本謂其妻程氏曰：「國事至此，吾知之久矣。 When Ming forces pressed close to the capital, Ben said to his wife Lady Cheng, "The affairs of state have come to this—I have known it would for a long time.

程氏曰：「君能死忠，我尚有愛於君乎！」 Lady Cheng said, "If you can die in loyalty, do I still have any attachment to life!"

本乃朝服，與程氏北向再拜，大書於屋壁曰：「元中奉大夫、集賢侍講學士閔本死。」 Ben then put on court dress, and together with Lady Cheng bowed twice facing north. He wrote in large characters on the wall: "Min Ben, Yuan recipient of the rank of Supporter of the Court and attendant academician of the Hall of Gathered Worthies, is dead."