Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Family Member

Mother of Du Shubi 杜叔毗之母

Attested AD 552 - AD 560

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mother of Du Shubi was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

died 母憂
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 46, passage 149

Attested activity

AD 552 to AD 560 母知其意
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 46, passages 141, 149

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Du Jian (杜漸)
mother of his children 母 · Marriage
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 46, passages 123-124
Parent of Du Shubi (杜叔毗)
mother 母 · maternal line
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 46, passage 124

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Du Shubi (杜叔毗)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 46, passages 141-143

References in the histories

Book of Zhou, Chapter 46Volume 46 Biographies 38: Filial Piety · 4 passages

叔毗早歲而孤，事母以孝聞。 Shubi lost his father while still young and served his mother with a reputation for filial piety.

然恐違朝憲，坐及其母，遂沉吟積時。 Yet he feared violating court law and implicating his mother, and therefore hesitated for a long time.

母知其意，謂叔毗曰：「汝兄橫罹禍酷，痛切骨髓。 His mother knew his intent and said to Shubi, "Your brother suffered cruel calamity by violence; the pain cuts to the marrow.

遭母憂，哀毀骨立，殆不勝喪。 He encountered his mother's mourning; his grief wasted him until only bone remained standing, and he nearly could not survive the mourning.