Ancient China · Mother of Duke Zhuang of Zheng

Lady Jiang 姜氏

Jiang

Attested BC 743 - BC 701

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Lady Jiang was a Mother of Duke Zhuang of Zheng.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 743 to BC 701 遷姜氏
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 9, passage 117

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Duke Zhuang of Zheng (鄭莊公)
Lady Jiang 姜氏
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 9, passage 117

Key source chapters

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 9Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

周使元偉來聘，作《述行賦》，敘鄭莊公克段而遷姜氏，文雖不工，當時深以為愧。 Yuan Wei, an envoy from Zhou, came on a diplomatic visit and composed the "Rhapsody on a Journey," recounting how Duke Zhuang of Zheng crushed his brother Duan and banished their mother Lady Jiang; though the prose was crude, the court felt deeply shamed.

Book of Han, Chapter 96Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye · 1 passage

昔鄭伯隨姜氏之欲，終有叔段篡國之禍； Duke Zhuang of Zheng indulged his mother and reaped Shu Duan's revolt;