Lady Lu (魯氏) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lady Lu was a Chaste Widow.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 531 普泰初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 98, passage 1

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Aged mother-in-law of Lady Lu (刁思遵之母)
aged mother-in-law 老姑
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 225
Betrothed to Diao Sizun (刁思遵)
betrothed 娉 · Betrothal · Ended
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 222
Spouse of Diao Sizun (刁思遵)
wife 妻 · Widowed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passages 1, 221

Kinship Role parents · Count 2
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 224

Career and standing

gate marked according to precedent 依式標牓
AD 531 普泰初 · Received
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 226
Vowed to die rather than remarry
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 223

Events and relationships

Walked with her aged mother in law to report her circumstances to the Office of the Minister over the Masses
Legal · With Aged mother-in-law of Lady Lu (刁思遵之母)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passages 224-225
Was widowed before a month had passed after her betrothal
Widowhood · With Diao Sizun (刁思遵)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 222

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 · 5 passages

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滎陽刁思遵妻，魯氏女也。 The consort of Diao Sizun of Xingyang was a daughter of the Lu clan.

其家矜其少寡，許嫁已定，魯聞之，以死自誓。 His family pitied her youth and arranged another marriage; when Lu heard of it, she vowed to die rather than remarry.

父母不達其志，遂經郡訴，稱刁氏吝護寡女，不使歸寧。 Her parents did not understand her purpose and appealed to the commandery, claiming the Diao clan was keeping the young widow from visiting her parents.

魯乃與老姑徒步詣司徒府，自告情狀。 Lu then walked on foot with her aged mother-in-law to the Office of the Minister over the Masses and reported the truth herself.