Mother of Li Yan (李嚴之母)

Overview

Mother of Li Yan was a Mother of Li Yan.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Female · Anonymous individuated

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 933
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 26, passage 133
AD 930 長興初
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 70, passage 127

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Li Yan (李嚴)
mother 母
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 70, passage 126; New History of the Five Dynasties 26, passage 133

Key source chapters

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Li Yan (李嚴) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 70, passages 127-128

Assessments and attributes

Assessment wise and virtuous · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 70, passage 126

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 70Volume 70 Book of Later Tang 46: Biographies 22: Yuan Xingqin, Xia Luqi, Yao Hong, Li Yan, Li Renju, Kang Sili, Zhang Jingda · 2 passages

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嚴之母，賢明婦人。 Yan's mother was a wise and virtuous woman.

初，嚴將赴蜀，母曰：「汝前啟破蜀之謀，今又入蜀，將死報蜀人矣！ When Yan was about to depart for Shu, his mother said, "You first proposed the plan to destroy Shu, and now you enter Shu again. You will die repaying the people of Shu!

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 26Volume 26 Later Tang Biographies 6: Fu Xi, Wu Zhen, Kong Qian, Zhang Yanlang, Li Yan, Li Renju, Mao Zhang · 1 passage

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將行，其母曰：「汝前啟破蜀之謀，今行，其以死報蜀人矣！」 Before he left, his mother said: “You were the one who opened the road to break Shu. Go now, and Shu will repay you with death.”