Sui and Tang · Camp Courtesan; Mother of Zhu Yougui

Mother of Zhu Yougui 亳州營倡

Attested AD 885 - AD 912

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Mother of Zhu Yougui was a Camp Courtesan; Mother of Zhu Yougui.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 912 乾化二年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 7, passage 114
AD 885 to AD 888 唐光啟中
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 12, passage 96

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Zhu Quanzhong (硃全忠)
camp singer 營倡 · Uncertain parentage · Concubinage · Uncertain
took to his bed 侍寢 · Concubinage
Sources vary in certainty · Old History of the Five Dynasties 7, passage 114; Old History of the Five Dynasties 12, passage 96
Parent of Yougui (友珪)
mother 母
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 7, passage 114; Old History of the Five Dynasties 12, passages 95, 99

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

At Bozhou 亳州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 7, passage 114
At Bozhou 亳州 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 12, passages 95, 98

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 7Volume 7 Book of Later Liang 7: Taizu Annals 7 · 1 passage

次郢王友珪，其母亳州營倡也，為左右控鶴都指揮使。 Next was Prince of Ying Yougui, born of a Bozhou camp singer, commander of the left and right Crane-Controlled Armies.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 12Volume 12 Book of Later Liang 12: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 2 passages

友珪，小字遙喜，母失其姓，本亳州營妓也。 Zhu Yougui, childhood name Yaoxi, was born to a Bozhou camp courtesan whose family name is unknown.

及期，妓以生男來告，帝喜，故字之曰遙喜。 When she bore a son he was delighted and gave the boy the childhood name Yaoxi.