Dazi Qi Tao

Background

There is no exact information about the date and the place of her birth.

Career

Tao Dazi Qi was married to a man named Dazi who had taken several years to subjugate Tao (in present-day Shanxi Province) before becoming a powerful official of the state. He did not, however, enjoy a good reputation. Tao Dazi Qi predicted that ruin would come to him because Dazi was neither respected by his ruler nor loved by the people.

Tao Dazi Qi fled with her son when her mother-in-law angrily threw her out. When Dazi and his family were eventually overthrown and killed, the wife returned to care for her mother-in-law, the only member of the family to have been spared.

Achievements

• Tao Dazi Qi was known as one of the outstanding characters in Chinese folklore for her foresight and outspokenness.

Personality

Tao Dazi Qi was known for her foresight and outspokenness. The fact that Tao Dazi Qi returned to care for her elderly mother-in-law, thus fulfilling the duty of a woman toward the family into which she marries shows that she was a responsible person.

Connections

Tao Dazi Qi was the wife of Dazi who was a powerful official of the state Tao.

husband:

Dazi

Dazi was a powerful official of the state Tao.

References

• The Position of Woman in Early China According to the Lieh Nu Chuan, The Biographies of Chinese Women.
  1971
• Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women This new volume of the "Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women" spans more than 2,000 years from antiquity to the early seventh century. It recovers the stories of more than 200 women, nearly all of them unknown in the West.
  1998