Qin and Han · Family Member

Xiongnu wife of Zhang Qian 胡妻

Attested BC 139 - BC 126

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xiongnu wife of Zhang Qian was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 139 to BC 126 去十三歲
Directly stated · Book of Han 71, passages 9, 21

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Chanyu who detained Zhang Qian (單于)
gave a wife 予妻
Uncertain · Book of Han 71, passage 9
Parent of Son of Zhang Qian (張騫之子)
son 子
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 71, passage 9
Spouse of Zhang Qian (張騫)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Book of Han 71, passages 9, 21

Origins and identity

Hu/Xiongnu 胡
Directly stated · Book of Han 71, passage 21

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 71Volume 61: Zhang Qian and Li Guangli · 2 passages

留騫十餘歲，予妻，有子，然騫持漢節不失。 Qian was held over ten years, given a wife and a child, but he never let go of his Han staff of office.

留歲餘，單于死，國內亂，騫與胡妻及堂邑父俱亡歸漢。 Another year passed; the chanyu died and the realm fell into strife, and Zhang Qian fled to Han with his Xiongnu wife and Ganfu.