Ancient China · Wife of Zhang Er

Wife of Zhang Er 張耳妻

Attested BC 225

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wife of Zhang Er was a Wife of Zhang Er.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 225 亡命遊外黃
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 41, passage 3

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Former husband of Zhang Er's wife (外黃富人女故夫)
husband 夫 · Divorced
Directly stated · Book of Han 41, passages 3, 5
Spouse of Zhang Er (張耳)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Book of Han 41, passage 5

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 41Volume 32: Zhang Er and Chen Yu · 3 passages

嘗亡命遊外黃，外黃富人女甚美，庸奴其夫，亡邸父客。 While living as a fugitive in Waihuang, he stayed at the home of a wealthy man's guest. That man's daughter was famed for her beauty, though she had treated her husband as a menial.

女聽，為請決，嫁之。 She agreed, secured a separation, and married Zhang Er.

女家厚奉給耳，耳以故致千里客，宦為外黃令。 Her family funded him lavishly. With those resources he gathered talented followers from far and wide and eventually became magistrate of Waihuang.