Lady Geng (耿氏) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lady Geng was an Exemplary Widow.

Life and dates

Age

Years 17 · Reckoning Age at marriage
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 166

Attested activity

AD 499 太和二十三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 98, passage 1

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Shi Yingzhou (史映周)
wife 妻 · Widowed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passages 1, 166-167

Kinship Role parents · Count 2
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 168

Career and standing

gate and lane marked by edict 標牓門閭
Received
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 170

Events and relationships

Mourned at Shi Yingzhou’s burial despite fear of forced remarriage
AD 499 太和二十三年 · Mourning · With Shi Yingzhou (史映周)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 168

References in the histories

Book of Wei, Chapter 98Volume 92: Notable Women: Cui Lan's Consort Feng, Feng Zhuo's Consort Liu, Wei Pu's Consort Fang, Hu Changming's Consort Zhang · 3 passages

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崔覽妻封氏封卓妻劉氏魏溥妻房氏胡長命妻張氏平原女子孫氏房愛親妻崔氏涇州貞女兕先氏[1] 姚氏婦楊氏張洪初妻劉氏[2] 董景起妻張氏陽尼妻高氏史映周妻耿氏任城國太妃孟氏苟金龍妻劉氏盧元禮妻李氏河東孝女姚氏刁思遵妻魯氏 Lady Feng, consort of Cui Lan; Lady Liu, consort of Feng Zhuo; Lady Fang, consort of Wei Pu; Lady Zhang, consort of Hu Changming; Sun Nanyu of Pingyuan; Lady Cui, consort of Fang Aiqin; the chaste woman Sixian of Jing Prefecture; Lady Yang of the Yao household; Lady Liu, consort of Zhang Hongchu; Lady Zhang, consort of Dong Jingqi; Lady Gao, consort of Yang Ni; Lady Geng, consort of Shi Yingzhou; Grand Consort Meng of Rencheng; Lady Liu, consort of Gou Jinlong; Lady Li, consort of Lu Yuanli; the filial daughter Yao of Hedong; Lady Lu, consort of Diao Sizun.

滎陽史映周妻同郡耿氏女，年十七，適於映周。 Lady Geng, consort of Shi Yingzhou of Xingyang, was a daughter of the Geng clan of the same commandery; at seventeen she married Yingzhou.

耿氏恐父母奪其志，因葬映周，哀哭而殯。 Lady Geng feared her parents would force her to remarry; as Yingzhou was buried, she wept beside his coffin.