Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Mother of Yan Yuanming

Mother of Yan Yuanming 閻元明母

Attested AD 481

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mother of Yan Yuanming was a Mother of Yan Yuanming.

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · Book of Wei 92, passage 76

Attested activity

AD 481 太和五年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 92, passages 71-72

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Yan Yuanming (閻元明)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Wei 92, passage 72

Assessments and attributes

lost sight from weeping; restored on seeing son
Physical description
Directly stated · Book of Wei 92, passages 72, 74

References in the histories

Book of Wei, Chapter 92Volume 86: Filial Piety: Zhao Yan, Zhang Sunlu, Qifu Bao, Sun Yide, Dong Luosheng, Yang Yin · 3 passages

元明以違離親養，興言悲慕，母亦慈念，泣淚喪明。 Yuanming, having left his parents' support, spoke with grief and longing. His mother too cherished him in her thoughts and wept until she lost her sight.

一見其母，母目便開。 At his first sight of his mother, her eyes opened at once.

母亡，服終，心喪積載，每忌日悲慟傍隣。 When his mother died and the mourning period was complete, his inner mourning lasted many years. On each anniversary of her death his laments moved the neighbors beside him.