Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Faithful Widow

Lady Huang 黃氏

Huáng shì

Attested AD 481

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Huang was a Faithful Widow.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 481 建元三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 63

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Jiang Junzhi (蔣儁之)
wife 妻 · Widowed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 63

Career and standing

Maintained
Widowhood · Remarried false
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 63

Events and relationships

Attempted suicide by drowning when pressured to remarry
Biographical · Participant
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 63

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 36: Filial Piety · 1 passage

義興蔣儁之妻黃氏，夫亡不重嫁，逼之，欲赴水自殺，乃止。 Lady Huang of Yixing, wife of Jiang Junzhi, refused to remarry after her husband's death. When the family pressed her, she tried to drown herself, and only then did they relent.