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Lady Xian | |
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| Native name | 冼夫人 |
| Other name(s) | Lady Sin, Madame Xian, Lady of Qiaoguo, Lady Chengjing |
| Nickname(s) | Saintly Mother of Lingnan |
| Born | circa 516 modern-day Guangdong, Liang dynasty |
| Died | 602 modern-day Hainan, Sui dynasty[citation needed] |
| Allegiance | Sui dynasty |
| Battles / wars | Hou Jing Rebellion |
Lady Xian (or Hsien, Chinese: 冼夫人; pinyin: Xiǎn Fūrén; Jyutping: sin2 fu1 jan4; Vietnamese: Tiển phu nhân; 512–602), also known as Lady of Qiao Guo (or Ch'iao Kuo; Chinese: 譙國夫人), born as Xian Zhen (冼珍),[1] was a hereditary chieftain of the Li people,[2][3] born to the chieftain of the Xian tribe in Southern China, in what is now Guangdong during the Sui dynasty.[citation needed] She has been deified as the "Saintly Mother of Lingnan" (岭南圣母). She died during a tour of Hainan.[4] Former Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai called her "the First Heroine of China", and Chinese Communist Party general secretary Jiang Zemin praised her as "the role model that the later generations should learn forever".[5] Lady Xian is depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang.
- ^ Haizhu District People's Government of Guangzhou. "Mrs. Xian: the first Chinese heroine (Chinese)" (in Chinese). "Translation in English".
- ^ Goodman, David, ed. (2002). China's Provinces in Reform: Class, Community and Political Culture. Routledge. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-134-71271-7.
- ^ Witzel, Morgen (2019-12-06). A History of Leadership. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-66649-7.
Lady Xian, a hereditary chieftain of the Li people in southern China in the sixth century AD, was a powerful figure who suppressed banditry, abolished slavery and defeated an invasion, all in order to protect her people.
- ^ 中古时代 隋唐时期. 中国友谊出版公司. 2011. ISBN 978-7-5057-2861-5.
- ^ Wu Zhaoqi 吴兆奇; Li Juexun 李爵勋 (2006). 洗夫人文化. 中国人民出版社. ISBN 7-218-05125-1.