Chunyu Tiying

Chunyu Tiying
Chunyu Tiying
Traditional Chinese	淳于緹縈
Simplified Chinese	淳于缇萦
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Chúnyú Tíyíng
Wade–Giles	Chʻun2-yü2 Tʻi2ying2
IPA	[ʈʂʰwə̌n.y̌ tʰǐǐŋ]
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese	/d͡ʑiuɪn.ɦɨo dei.ʔwiᴇŋ/
Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	/*djun ɢʷa tʰeːʔ qʷeŋ/

Chunyu Tiying (淳于緹縈)
Chunyu Tiying (淳于緹縈)
	Qing-era drawing of Tiying
Born	c. 174 BC; Linyi, Western Han

Chunyu Tiying (Chinese: 淳于緹縈; fl. c. 174 BC) was a woman known for persuading the Emperor Wen of Han to abolish the "Five Punishments",^[1] as told in the Western Han folktale, "Tiying Saves Her Father" (缇萦救父).

^ Peterson, Barbara Bennett (16 September 2016). Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-46372-6.

[:0-1] Peterson, Barbara Bennett (16 September 2016). Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-46372-6.

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