Song, Liao, and Jin · Consort

Lady Zheng 鄭氏

Zhèng shì

Attested AD 1213

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Zheng was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1213 至寧元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 13, passages 172, 179

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · History of Jin 13, passages 173, 176-177

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Jin 13, passages 172, 179

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 13Volume 13 Annals 13: Wei Shaowang · 4 passages

尚宮左夫人鄭氏為內職，掌寶璽，聞難，端居璽所待變。 Inner Palace Left Lady Zheng, keeper of the imperial seals, heard of the upheaval and sat unmoving in the seal chamber, waiting for whatever came.

胡沙虎遣黃門入收璽，鄭曰：「璽，天子所用，胡沙虎人臣，取將何為？」 Hushahu sent a eunuch to seize the seals. Lady Zheng said, "The seal belongs to the Son of Heaven. Hushahu is only a subject — what use has he for it?"

鄭厲聲罵曰：「若輩宮中近侍，恩遇尤隆，君難不以死報之，反為逆豎奪璽耶！ Lady Zheng cried out in fury, "You who wait on the emperor have been favored beyond measure. When your lord is in peril you do not die for him, yet you would hand the seal to a traitor!

又于金掌奏目女官大明居士王氏所紀，得資明夫人援璽一事，附著於篇，亦可以存其梗概云爾。 From the memorial register kept by the Jin palace woman Dame Bright Heaven Wang, the episode of Lady Ziming defending the seal was recovered and set down here, so that its outline might still survive.