Lady Zhang (張氏) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lady Zhang was an Exemplary Widow.

Life and dates

Age

Years 16 · Reckoning Age at widowhood
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 159

Attested activity

AD 386 to AD 534 魏世
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 98, passage 1

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Dong Jingqi (董景起)
wife 妻 · Widowed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passages 1, 158-159

Kinship Role children · Count 0 · Negated true
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 161

Career and standing

public distinction 標異
Received
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 162

Events and relationships

Mourned beyond ritual, never bathed, ate vegetables, and fasted perpetually
Mourning
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passages 159-161

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 · 3 passages

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陳留董景起妻張氏。 Lady Zhang, consort of Dong Jingqi of Chenliu.

景起早亡，張時年十六，痛夫少喪，哀傷過禮。 Jingqi died young; Zhang was then sixteen and mourned her husband's early death with grief beyond what ritual required.