Yuan · Filial Son; Scholar

Shi Yanbin 史彥斌

Attested AD 1354 - AD 1355

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shi Yanbin was a Filial Son; Scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1355 明年
Directly stated · History of Yuan 198, passage 107
AD 1354 至正十四年
Directly stated · History of Yuan 198, passage 105

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Shi Yanbin (史彥斌母)
mother 母
Directly stated · History of Yuan 198, passage 106

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 198, passage 103
At Pizhou 邳州
Directly stated · History of Yuan 198, passage 103

Learning and skills

loved learning
Directly stated · History of Yuan 198, passage 104

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Yuan 198, passage 107

Events and relationships

Followed straw effigy to recover mothers coffin
Search · Seeker
Directly stated · History of Yuan 198, passages 107-109
Made heavy inscribed coffin with iron rings
Burial · Son
Directly stated · History of Yuan 198, passage 106

Assessments and attributes

Item inscribed thick coffin with four iron rings 厚棺四鐵環 · Relation Made
Directly stated · History of Yuan 198, passage 106

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 198Volume 198 Biographies 85: Filial and Brotherly Acts 1 · 3 passages

史彥斌，邳州人。 Shi Yanbin came from Pizhou.

彥斌母卒，慮有後患，乃為厚棺，刻銘曰「邳州沙河店史彥斌母柩」，仍以四鐵環釘其上，然後葬。 When his mother died, fearing future floods, Yanbin had a heavy coffin made, inscribed "Coffin of Shi Yanbin's mother, Shahedian, Pizhou," nailed four iron rings to it, and then buried her.

明年，墓果為水所漂，彥斌縛草為人，置水中，仰天呼曰：「母棺被水，不知其處，願天矜憐哀子之心，假此芻靈，指示母棺。」 The next year the grave was swept away by floodwaters; Yanbin fashioned a straw figure, set it afloat, and cried to Heaven, "My mother's coffin has been carried off—I do not know where. Heaven, pity a son's grief and let this straw effigy lead me to her coffin."