Yuan · Second Wife of Guo Zixing

Younger Lady Zhang 小張夫人

Xiǎo Zhāng fūrén

Attested AD 1352

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Younger Lady Zhang was a Second Wife of Guo Zixing.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1352 至正十二年春
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 122, passage 15

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Consort Hui (惠妃)
born of the younger Lady Zhang 小張夫人出
Directly stated · History of Ming 122, passage 69
Spouse of Guo Zixing (郭子興)
second wife 次妻 · Secondary marriage
Directly stated · History of Ming 122, passage 15
Sibling of Zhang Tianyou (張天祐)
wife's younger brother 婦弟 · Uncertain siblings
younger brother of [Zixing's] wife 婦弟
Sources vary in certainty · History of Ming 122, passage 64

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Ming 122, passage 15

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 122Volume 122 Biographies 10: · 4 passages

子興喜，其次妻小張夫人亦指目太祖曰：「此異人也。」 Zixing was delighted, and his second wife, the younger Lady Zhang, gestured toward the future emperor and said, "This is no ordinary man."

將士有所獻，孝慈皇后輒以貽子興妻。 Whenever his officers brought gifts, Empress Xiaoci would pass them on to Zixing's wife.

天祐，子興婦弟也。 Tianyou was the younger brother of Zixing's wife.

有一女，小張夫人出者，事太祖為惠妃，生蜀、穀、代三王。 He had a daughter by the younger Lady Zhang who became Consort Hui to the future emperor and bore the princes of Shu, Gu, and Dai.