Ancient China · Legendary Exemplar

Wenmu 文母

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wenmu was a Legendary Exemplar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · History of Yuan 116, passage 15

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 116Volume 116 Biographies 3: Empresses and Consorts 2 · 2 passages

蒼箓興於文母，豈后嗣之能忘。 the azure register rose from the civil mother — how could posterity forget?

矧德邁塗山，功高文母。 Moreover, her virtue surpasses Mount Tu and her achievement is higher than the civil mother.