Ancient China · Royal Family Member

Princess of Wei 魏公主

Attested BC 395 - BC 370

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Princess of Wei was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 395 to BC 370 尚魏公主
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 65, passages 131, 142

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Gongshu (公叔)
princess 公主 · Marriage
married 尚 · Marriage
Sources vary in certainty · Records of the Grand Historian 65, passage 131
Kin of Marquis Wu of Wei (武侯)
Wei princess 魏公主
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 65, passage 131

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 65Biographies of Sun Tzu and Wu Qi · 5 passages

田文既死，公叔為相，尚魏公主，而害吳起。 After Tian Wen died, Gongshu became chancellor, married a Wei princess, and plotted against Wu Qi.

君因謂武侯曰：『試延以公主，起有留心則必受之。 My lord should then say to Marquis Wu, 'Try offering him the princess in marriage. If he is devoted, he will certainly accept.

君因召吳起而與歸，即令公主怒而輕君。 My lord should summon Wu Qi to your house, and then have the princess show anger and treat you contemptuously.

吳起見公主之賤君也，則必辭。」 When Wu Qi sees the princess treating you with contempt, he will certainly decline.”

於是吳起見公主之賤魏相，果辭魏武侯。 So Wu Qi saw the princess treating the Wei chancellor with contempt, and he indeed declined Marquis Wu's offer.