Mother of Shen Cengzhi | 24 Histories

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Mother of Shen Cengzhi was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1890 光緒中
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 217

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Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Shen Cengzhi (沈曾植)
mother 母
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passages 217, 223

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 472Volume 472 Biographies 259: Lu Runxiang, Shi Xu, Yi Ketan, Liang Dingfen, Xu Fang, Lao Naixuan, Shen Cengzhi · 2 passages

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事親孝，母多疾，醫藥必親嘗，終歲未嘗解衣安臥，遂通醫。 He was deeply filial; his mother was often ill, and he always tasted her medicines himself, going a full year without undressing to sleep comfortably, and in this way came to master medicine.

母憂歸，兩湖總督張之洞聘主兩湖書院講席。 After he returned home to mourn his mother, Zhang Zhidong, governor-general of the two Hu, engaged him to head the lecture chair at the Two Hu Academy.