Yuan (wife of Xiao Xifu) (袁氏)

Overview

Yuan (wife of Xiao Xifu) was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 910 to AD 920 乃棄其母妻，變姓名，亡之鎮州，自稱青州掌書記，進謁王鎔。
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 53
AD 923 莊宗滅梁室，遣希甫宣慰青、齊，希甫始知其母已死，妻袁氏亦改嫁。
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 61

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Xiao Xifu (蕭希甫)
wife 妻 · Ended
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 71, passages 53, 61

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 71Volume 71 Book of Later Tang 47: Biographies 23: Ma Yu, Si Kongting, Cao Tingyin, Xiao Xifu, Yao Zongzhi, Jia Fu, Ma Gao, Luo Guan, Chun Yuyan, Zhang Ge, Xu Ji, Zhou Xuanbao · 2 passages

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乃棄其母妻，變姓名，亡之鎮州，自稱青州掌書記，進謁王鎔。 He abandoned his mother and wife, changed his name, fled to Zhenzhou, presented himself to Wang Rong as chief secretary of Qingzhou, and sought an audience.

莊宗滅梁室，遣希甫宣慰青、齊，希甫始知其母已死，妻袁氏亦改嫁。 When Zhuangzong destroyed Liang he sent Xifu to console Qing and Qi; only then did he learn his mother was dead and his wife of the Yuan clan had remarried.