Ancient China · Royal Family Member

Lady of Wei 衛女

Wei Nü

Attested BC 700 - BC 650

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady of Wei was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 700 to BC 650 春秋之世
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 31, passage 198

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 31Volume 28a: Biographies of Huan Tan; Feng Yan · 1 passage

兵威屈辱，國權日損，三王背畔，赤眉害主，未見兼行倍道之赴，若墨翟累繭救宋，申包胥重胝存楚，衛女馳歸唁兄之志。 Arms were shamed, the throne's power ebbed, princes turned traitor, the sovereign fell to the Red Eyebrows—yet I saw no Mo Di racing to save Song, no Shen Baoxu weeping Chu home, no sister of Wei galloping to her brother's grave.