Qin and Han · Family Member

Wife of Zhang Anshi 安世夫人

Attested BC 62

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Wife of Zhang Anshi was a Family Member.

IdentityHistorical · Female · Anonymous individuated
Found inBook of Han

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Book of Han, Chapter 69Volume 59: Zhang Tang · 1 passage
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安世尊為公侯，食邑萬戶，然身衣弋綈，夫人自紡績，家童七百人，皆有手技作事，內治產業，累織纖微，是以能殖其貨，富於大將軍光。 Though ennobled at the highest rank with a fief of ten thousand households, he dressed in plain black silk and his wife spun the household's cloth herself. Seven hundred retainers were each put to skilled manual labor. He micromanaged the family estates, pinching every cash, until his private wealth outstripped even Grand General Huo Guang's.