Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Widow

Wife of Huang Xuan 黃宣妻

Attested AD 440

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wife of Huang Xuan was a Widow.

Life and dates

Death

Cause Died after long support
Directly stated · Book of Wei 93, passage 28

Attested activity

AD 440 真君初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 93, passage 27

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Huang Xuan (黃宣)
wife 妻 · Widowed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 93, passage 27

References in the histories

Book of Wei, Chapter 93Volume 87: Morality and Righteousness: Yu Shenmen, Duan Jin, Shi Wende, Ji Gu, Wang Xuanwei, Lou Ti, Liu Kehou · 1 passage

真君初，縣令黃宣在任喪亡，宣單貧無期親，文德祖父苗以家財殯葬，持服三年，奉養宣妻二十餘載。 Early in the Zhenjun period the county magistrate Huang Xuan died in office. Xuan was poor and without near kin. Wende's grandfather Miao buried him at his own expense, wore mourning for three years, and supported Xuan's wife for more than twenty years.