Wife of Guo Si
also called 郭汜夫人
Wife of Guo Si backed Guo Si; the Records of the Three Kingdoms omit her, but the novel says she spotted poison and saved him with feces.
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Novel · ch. 13Romance of the Three Kingdoms
…彪曰：「聞郭汜之妻最妒，可令人於汜妻處用反間計，則二賊自相害矣。」
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卻說曹操平了山東，表奏朝廷，加操為建德將軍費亭侯。其時李傕自為大司馬，郭汜自為大將軍，橫行無忌，朝廷無人敢言。太尉楊彪、大司農朱雋暗奏獻帝曰：「今曹操擁兵二十餘萬，謀臣武將數十員，若得此人扶持社稷，剿除奸黨，天下幸甚。」獻帝泣曰：「朕被二賊欺凌久矣，若得誅之誠為大幸！」彪奏曰：「臣有一計，先令二賊自相殘害；然後詔曹操引兵殺之，掃清賊黨，以安朝廷。」獻帝曰：「計將安出？」彪曰：「聞郭汜之妻最妒，可令人於汜妻處用反間計，則二賊自相害矣。」
Novel · ch. 13Romance of the Three Kingdoms
…彪即暗使夫人以他事入郭汜府，乘間告汜妻曰：「聞郭將軍與李司馬夫人有染，其情甚密。…
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帝乃書密詔付楊彪。彪即暗使夫人以他事入郭汜府，乘間告汜妻曰：「聞郭將軍與李司馬夫人有染，其情甚密。倘司馬知之，必遭其害。夫人宜絕其往來為妙。」汜妻訝曰：「怪見他經宿不歸！卻幹出如此無恥之事！非夫人言，妾不知也。當慎防之。」彪妻告歸，汜妻再三稱謝而別。
Novel · ch. 13Romance of the Three Kingdoms
…汜妻乃暗置毒於中，方始獻入。汜便欲食。妻曰：「食自外來，豈可便食？」…
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過了數日郭汜又將往李傕府中飲宴。妻曰：「傕性不測，況今兩雄不並立，倘彼酒後置毒，妾將奈何？」汜不肯聽妻再三勸住。至晚間，傕使人送酒筵至。汜妻乃暗置毒於中，方始獻入。汜便欲食。妻曰：「食自外來，豈可便食？」乃先與犬試之，犬立死。自此汜心懷疑。
The Wife of Guo Si was Guo Si’s wife and belonged to his faction. She appears in Chapter 13 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms; she is not mentioned in the Records of the Three Kingdoms.
Deeds
Following a secret edict, Yang Biao’s wife went to Guo Si’s residence and claimed that Guo Si was having an affair with Li Jue’s wife. The Wife of Guo Si was surprised and said she would be on her guard. (Romance)
When Guo Si was about to attend a banquet at Li Jue’s residence, she urged him to beware of Li Jue. When Li Jue sent over a feast, she secretly put poison in it and first had a dog taste the food. The dog died immediately. (Romance)
Later, Guo Si attended a banquet at Li Jue’s home. He returned drunk and suffered abdominal pain. She concluded that he had been poisoned and ordered someone to make him drink fecal juice. Guo Si vomited and then recovered. (Romance)
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「怪見他經宿不歸！卻幹出如此無恥之事！非夫人言，妾不知也。當慎防之。」
「傕性不測，況今兩雄不並立，倘彼酒後置毒，妾將奈何？」
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Novel · ch. 13
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Wife; tested poison on a dog and saved her husband by pouring feces into him; prompted him to suspect Li Jue