Lady Shuiqiu ( 834 – 901) was the wife of

Qian Kuan Qian Kuan ( 835 – 16 May 895), courtesy name Hongdao, was the father of the warlord Qian Liu who founded the Wuyue kingdom. Qian Kuan's tomb was discovered in October 1978 in Xishu Village (西墅村), Jinbei Subdistrict (锦北街道), Lin'a ...

and the mother of

Qian Liu Qian Liu (10 March 852Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter

, a warlord who founded the

Wuyue Wuyue (; ), 907–978, was an independent coastal kingdom founded during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907–960) of Chinese history. It was ruled by the Haiyan Qian clan (海盐钱氏), whose family name remains widespread in t ...

kingdom.

Biography

Lady Shuiqiu was from the same clan as her husband

's mother. Her family had been poor. Qian Kuan died in 895, the same year their son

Qian Liu Qian Liu (10 March 852Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter

was created a prince. In the following years Lady Shuiqiu successively received the following honors from the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an Zhou dynasty (690–705), interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dyn ...

court, all obviously through her son: *"Dowager of Henan" (河南太君) *"Dowager of Wuxing Commandery" (吳興郡太夫人) *"Dowager of Qin Princedom" (秦國太夫人) Qian Liu was said to be very devoted to his mother. When she was getting on in years and unable to climb the stairs, Qian would carry her on his back and climb up a tower in the palace garden to enjoy themselves. When Lady Shuiqiu died in 901, Qian Liu commissioned Wu Renbi to write her eulogy; Wu Renbi refused and was executed. After 908, Qian Liu succeeded in getting the Later Liang court (to whom he pledged allegiance) to posthumously honor his mother as the "Profound Dowager of Zhao Princedom" (趙國太玄夫人).

Tomb

Lady Shuiqiu's tomb was discovered on 26 July 1980 in Xishu Village (西墅村), Jinbei Subdistrict (锦北街道),

Lin'an City Lin'an District () is one of ten District (China), urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang, Zhejiang Province, East China, East China. It is located in northwest Zhejiang as a separate urban area of Hangz ...

, not far from Qian Kuan's tomb which was discovered in 1978. An astronomical diagram was found on the ceiling of the tomb. Also discovered were oil lamps,

celadon ''Celadon'' () is a term for pottery denoting both wares glazed in the jade green celadon color, also known as greenware or "green ware" (the term specialists now tend to use), and a type of transparent glaze, often with small cracks, that was ...

incense burners, bowls, plates, and wine flasks.

References

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