Qin and Han · Family Member

Mother of Ju Meng 劇孟母

Attested BC 157 - BC 141

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Mother of Ju Meng was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

died; ~1000 carriages at funeral 母死，自遠方送喪蓋千乘
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 124, passage 46

Attested activity

BC 154 劇孟母死
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 124, passage 46
BC 157 to BC 141 景帝時
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 101, passage 135

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Ju Meng (劇孟)
son 子
mother 母
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 124, passage 46; Records of the Grand Historian 101, passage 135

Key source chapters

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 101Biographies of Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo · 1 passage

盎曰：「劇孟雖博徒，然母死，客送葬車千餘乘，此亦有過人者。 Ang replied, 'Though Ju Meng is a gambler, when his mother died, over a thousand carriages of guests attended the funeral. A man who commands such loyalty has qualities that surpass the ordinary.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 124Biographies of Knight-errants · 1 passage

然劇孟母死，自遠方送喪蓋千乘。 When Ju Meng's mother died, mourners came from distant places to attend the funeral — the carriages numbered close to a thousand.