Dates uncertain · Royal Consort

Mother Wen 文母

Wénmǔ

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Mother Wen was a Royal Consort.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Tai Si	太姒	Tài Sì

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Sui 36, passages 7, 234

Key source chapters

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 96Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye · 1 passage

故禮明三從之義，雖有文母之德，必繫於子。 Rite therefore binds even a woman of Tai Si's virtue to her son's line.

Book of Sui, Chapter 36Volume 36 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 2 passages

故皇、英降而虞道隆，任、姒歸而姬宗盛，妹、妲致夏、殷之釁，褒、趙結周、漢之禍。 When E Huang and Nüying came down to Shun, the way of Yu flourished; when Ren and Si entered the Zhou house, the Ji clan rose to greatness. Mei Xi and Daji brought ruin upon Xia and Yin; Bao Si and Zhao Feiyan brought disaster upon Zhou and Han.

慕周姒之遺風，美虞妃之聖則。 I admired the legacy of Si of Zhou and praised the sacred example of the consort of Shun.