Ancient China · Family Member

Wife of Yao Li 要離妻

Attested BC 514

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wife of Yao Li was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 514 要離燒妻子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 216

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Yao Li (要離)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 216

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 83Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang · 1 passage

然則荊軻之湛七族，要離之燒妻子，豈足道哉！ If so, then what Jing Ke suffered—the destruction of his seven kindred clans—or what Yao Li endured—the burning of his wife and children—would scarcely be worth mentioning!