Sixian (兕先氏) | 24 Histories

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Sixian was a Chaste Woman.

IdentityHistorical · Female

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Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name	Er	兒	Ér

Life and dates

Death

Stabbed to death · Responsible Person Id Peng Laosheng (彭老生)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passages 124-129

Attested activity

AD 483 太和七年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 98, passage 1

Family

Kin of Uncle of Sixian (兕先之叔)
uncle 叔
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passages 130-131
Betrothed to Peng Laosheng (彭老生)
betrothed 許嫁 · Betrothal · Ended
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 118

Kinship Role parents · Count 2
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passages 119, 121

Career and standing

Chaste Woman 貞女
AD 483 太和七年 · Posthumously styled
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passages 135-136

Works and attributed material

Dying speech · Speaker · With Peng Laosheng (彭老生) · Direct quotation · Mode direct-quotation Source Person Id Sixian (兕先氏)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passages 125-128
Refusal · Speaker · With Peng Laosheng (彭老生) · Direct quotation · Mode direct-quotation Source Person Id Sixian (兕先氏)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passages 120-122

Events and relationships

Pounded grain and drew water to support her parents
Labor
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 119

Assessments and attributes

Item marked tomb 標墓 · Relation Honored
Directly stated · Book of Wei 98, passage 136

Source notes

History of the Northern Dynasties reads 兒 (Er) for 兕先 (Sixian)
Field name · Source Work 北史
Textual variant · Book of Wei 98, passage 230

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Book of Wei, Chapter 98Volume 92: Notable Women: Cui Lan's Consort Feng, Feng Zhuo's Consort Liu, Wei Pu's Consort Fang, Hu Changming's Consort Zhang · 11 passages

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涇州貞女兕先氏，許嫁彭老生為妻，娉幣既畢，未及成禮。 The chaste woman Sixian of Jing Prefecture had been betrothed to Peng Laosheng; the betrothal gifts were complete, but the wedding had not yet taken place.

兕先率行貞淑，居貧常自舂汲，以養父母。 Sixian conducted herself with chaste purity; though poor, she pounded grain and drew water herself to support her parents.

老生輒往逼之，女曰：「與君禮命雖畢，二門多故，未及相見。 Laosheng repeatedly tried to force himself upon her; she said, "Though our betrothal is settled, both our families have suffered many troubles and we have not yet met.

女尚能言，臨死謂老生曰：「生身何罪，與君相遇。 She could still speak; dying, she said to Laosheng, "What crime did I commit in being born, that I should meet you?

老生持女珠瓔至其叔宅，以告叔。 Laosheng took the girl's pearl ornaments to her uncle's house and told him what had happened.

叔曰：「此是汝婦，奈何殺之，天不祐汝！」 The uncle said, "She was your betrothed—how could you kill her? Heaven will not protect you!"

詔曰：「老生不仁，侵陵貞淑，原其強暴，便可戮之。 An edict declared: "Laosheng was cruel and violated a chaste woman; given his violence, let him be executed.

而女守禮履節，沒身不改，雖處草萊，行合古跡，宜賜美名，以顯風操。 The girl upheld ritual and integrity to the end; though she lived among common folk, her conduct matched the ancients—grant her a fine name to display her virtue.

其標墓旌善，號曰『貞女』。」 Mark her tomb and proclaim her virtue, styling her the 'Chaste Woman.'"

涇州貞女兕先氏北史卷九一傳目及傳「兕先」作「兒」。 The chaste woman Sixian of Jing Prefecture: in juan 91 of the History of the Northern Dynasties, both the table of contents and the biography read "Er" instead of "Sixian."