Qin and Han · Mother-in-Law

Mother-in-Law of Filial Woman 孝婦姑

Died BC 74

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mother-in-Law of Filial Woman was a Mother-in-Law.

Life and dates

Death

BC 74 昭帝時
Suicide by hanging
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 86

Attested activity

BC 74 昭帝時
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passages 83, 86

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Daughter of Mother-in-Law (姑女)
daughter 女
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 86
Kin of Filial Woman of Donghai (東海孝婦)
mother-in-law 姑
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passages 83-84
Parent of Husband of Filial Woman of Donghai (孝婦亡夫)
son 子
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 82, passage 83

Places and affiliations

Polity Han · Relation Subject of
Directly stated · Book of Han 82, passage 83

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 82Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng · 5 passages

東海有孝婦，少寡，亡子，養姑甚謹，姑欲嫁之，終不肯。 Donghai had a famously dutiful daughter-in-law: widowed young and childless, she cared for her mother-in-law with devotion; when the old woman tried to marry her off, she refused.

姑謂鄰人曰：「孝婦事我勤苦，哀其亡子守寡。 The mother-in-law told a neighbor, "She slaves for me out of pity—she lost her child and stays a widow for my sake.

其後姑自經死，姑女告吏：「婦殺我母」。 Later the mother-in-law hanged herself, and the old woman's daughter told the magistrate, "The daughter-in-law murdered my mother."

吏捕孝婦，孝婦辭不殺姑。 Officers seized the daughter-in-law, who swore she had not harmed her mother-in-law.

具獄上府，于公以為此婦養姑十餘年，以孝聞，必不殺也。 When the file reached headquarters, Lord Yu argued that a woman famed for more than ten years of care could not have killed her.