Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Younger Brother of Lady Zhao

Younger Brother of Lady Zhao 趙氏弟

Zhào shì dì

Attested AD 479 - AD 502

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Younger Brother of Lady Zhao was a Younger Brother of Lady Zhao.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 479 to AD 502 南齊
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 61

Family

Sibling of Lady Zhao (趙氏)
younger brother 弟
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 61

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 36: Filial Piety · 1 passage

晉陵吳康之妻趙氏，父亡弟幼，值歲饑，母老病篤，趙詣鄉里自賣，言辭哀苦，鄉里憐之，人人分升米相救，遂得免。 Lady Zhao, wife of Wu Kangzhi of Jinling, had lost her father and had a young brother to support. In a famine year her aged mother fell gravely ill. Zhao offered herself for sale in the village with such anguish that neighbors each gave grain until the family was saved.