Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Named Individual

Wan Xi 萬晞

Attested AD 499 - AD 501

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wan Xi was a Named Individual.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 499 to AD 501 豫章太守…貞婦萬晞
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 52, passages 59-60

Family

Kinship Role sons · Count 0 · Negated true
Directly stated · Book of Liang 52, passage 60
Kinship Role parents-in-law · Count 2
Directly stated · Book of Liang 52, passage 60
Kinship Role parents · Count 2 · parents wished to force remarriage
Directly stated · Book of Liang 52, passage 60

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 52Volume 52: The Self-Sufficient · 1 passage

有貞婦萬晞者，少孀居無子，事舅姑尤孝，父母欲奪而嫁之，誓死不許，憲之賜以束帛，表其節義。 Chaste widow Wan Xi, widowed young without sons, served her parents-in-law with utmost filiality; her parents wished to force remarriage but she swore to die—Xianzhi bestowed silk and memorialized her integrity.