Mother of Xiao Xifu (蕭希甫之母)

Overview

Mother of Xiao Xifu was a Family Member.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Female · Anonymous individuated

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 61

Attested activity

AD 910 to AD 920 乃棄其母妻，變姓名，亡之鎮州，自稱青州掌書記，進謁王鎔。
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 53
AD 923 莊宗滅梁室，遣希甫宣慰青、齊，希甫始知其母已死，妻袁氏亦改嫁。
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 61

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Xiao Xifu (蕭希甫)
mother 母
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 53

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 71Volume 71 Book of Later Tang 47: Biographies 23: Ma Yu, Si Kongting, Cao Tingyin, Xiao Xifu, Yao Zongzhi, Jia Fu, Ma Gao, Luo Guan, Chun Yuyan, Zhang Ge, Xu Ji, Zhou Xuanbao · 2 passages

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乃棄其母妻，變姓名，亡之鎮州，自稱青州掌書記，進謁王鎔。 He abandoned his mother and wife, changed his name, fled to Zhenzhou, presented himself to Wang Rong as chief secretary of Qingzhou, and sought an audience.

莊宗滅梁室，遣希甫宣慰青、齊，希甫始知其母已死，妻袁氏亦改嫁。 When Zhuangzong destroyed Liang he sent Xifu to console Qing and Qi; only then did he learn his mother was dead and his wife of the Yuan clan had remarried.