Ancient China · Family Member

Wife of Gongyi Xiu

Attested BC 415

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wife of Gongyi Xiu was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 415 出其家婦
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 119, passage 49

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Gongyi Xiu (公儀休)
wife 家婦 · Ended
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 119, passage 49

Learning and skills

Skill weaving 織布 · Level fine
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 119, passage 49

Events and relationships

Expelled from the household after weaving fine cloth
Personal · Subject · With Gongyi Xiu (公儀休)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 119, passages 49, 79

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 119Biographies of Upright Officials · 2 passages

見其家織布好，而疾出其家婦，燔其機，云「欲令農士工女安所讎其貨乎」？ When he saw that his household wove fine cloth, he angrily sent away his wife, burned her loom, and said, "Where are farmers, artisans, and weaving women to sell their goods?"

公儀子見好布而家婦逐。 When Gongyi Xiu saw fine cloth in his home, he expelled his wife.