Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Princess of Yuzhang; addressed as Granny

Lady Yu 庾氏

Yu shi

Attested AD 470 - AD 487

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Yu was a princess of Yuzhang; addressed as Granny.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Nickname	Granny	阿婆	Apo

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 470 to AD 479 宋世
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 20, passage 110
AD 487 爲南郡王時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 85

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Prince of Yuzhang (豫章王)
consort 妃
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 20, passage 110
Kin of Zhaoye (昭業)
Granny 阿婆
Uncertain · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 85
Kin of Consort Mu (穆妃)
sisters-in-law 娣姒
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 20, passage 110

Key source chapters

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 4Volume 4 Annals 4: Prince of Yulin · 1 passage

爲南郡王時，文惠太子禁其起居，節其用度，昭業謂豫章王妃庾氏曰：「阿婆，佛法言，有福德生帝王家。 As prince of Nan commandery, Crown Prince Wenhui controlled his movements and cut his allowance; Zhaoye told the princess of Yuzhang, Lady Yu: "Granny, the Buddha says those with merit and fortune are born into a royal house.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 20Volume 20 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 2 passages

后少與豫章王妃庾氏為娣姒，庾氏勤女工，奉事太祖、昭后恭謹不倦，后不能及，故不為舅姑所重，世祖家好亦薄焉。 In youth she was sisters-in-law with Lady Yu, consort of the Prince of Yuzhang; Yu worked diligently at women's crafts and served the Grand Ancestor and Empress Zhao with tireless reverence. The empress could not match her, so her husband's parents did not value her, and Shizong's regard for the household was slight as well.

宋世，太祖為文惠太子納后，桂陽賊至，太祖在新亭，傳言已沒，宅復為人所抄掠，文惠太子、竟陵王子良奉穆后、庾妃及后挺身送后兄昺之家，事平乃出。 In the Song era the Grand Ancestor took her in marriage for Crown Prince Wenhui. When the Guiyang rebels came, the Grand Ancestor was at Xinting; rumor said he had perished, and the residence was plundered again. Crown Prince Wenhui and Prince of Jingling Ziliang, escorting Empress Mu, Lady Yu, and the empress, risked themselves to take them to the empress's brother Bing's house; when order was restored they came out.