Ancient China · Mother of Li Xian

Wife of Li Shi 式婦

Attested BC 600 - BC 500

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wife of Li Shi was a Mother of Li Xian.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 600 to BC 500 春秋杵臼
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 93, passage 36

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Li Xian (李憲)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Wei 93, passage 39
Spouse of Li Shi (李式)
wife 婦
Directly stated · Book of Wei 93, passage 38

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 · 2 passages

遂便潛還，不復回顧，徑來入城，於式婦閨抱憲歸藏之。 He slipped away at once without a backward glance, went straight into the city, entered Shi's wife's inner quarters, took the infant Xian in his arms, and hid him away.

及捕者收憲屬，有一婢產男，母以婢兒授之。 When the search party came for Xian's kin, a maid had just given birth to a boy, and the mother handed over the maid's child in his stead.