Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Filial Daughter and Widow

Lady Zhao 趙氏

Zhào shì

Attested AD 479 - AD 502

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Zhao was a Filial Daughter and Widow.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 479 to AD 502 南齊
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 61

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Father of Lady Zhao (趙氏父)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 61
Child of Mother of Lady Zhao (趙氏母)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 61
Spouse of Wu Kangzhi (吳康之)
wife 妻 · Widowed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passages 61-62
Sibling of Younger Brother of Lady Zhao (趙氏弟)
younger brother 弟
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 61

Career and standing

Maintained
Widowhood · Remarried false
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 62

Events and relationships

Offered herself for sale to support her ill mother and young brother during famine
Biographical · Participant
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 61

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 36: Filial Piety · 1 passage

晉陵吳康之妻趙氏，父亡弟幼，值歲饑，母老病篤，趙詣鄉里自賣，言辭哀苦，鄉里憐之，人人分升米相救，遂得免。 Lady Zhao, wife of Wu Kangzhi of Jinling, had lost her father and had a young brother to support. In a famine year her aged mother fell gravely ill. Zhao offered herself for sale in the village with such anguish that neighbors each gave grain until the family was saved.