Lady Cui
The Romance says Lady Cui, wife of Prince Liu Chen of Beidi, struck a pillar and died with him; Records of the Three Kingdoms omit her.
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Novel · ch. 118Romance of the Three Kingdoms
…其妻崔夫人問曰：「大王今日顏色異常，何也？」諶曰：「魏兵將近，父皇已納降款，明日君臣出降，社稷從此殄滅。…
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北地王劉諶聞知，怒氣沖天，乃帶劍入宮。其妻崔夫人問曰：「大王今日顏色異常，何也？」諶曰：「魏兵將近，父皇已納降款，明日君臣出降，社稷從此殄滅。吾欲先死以見先帝於地下，不屈膝於他人也！」崔夫人曰：「賢哉！賢哉！得其死矣！妾請先死，王死未遲。」諶曰：「汝何死耶？」崔夫人曰：「王死父，妾死夫，其義同也。夫亡妻死，何必問焉？」言訖，觸柱而死。諶乃自殺其三子，並割妻頭，提至昭烈廟中，伏地哭曰：「臣羞見基業棄於他人，故先殺妻子，以絕罣念，後將一命報祖！祖如有靈，知孫之心！」大哭一場，眼中流血，自刎而死。蜀人聞之，無不哀痛。後人有詩讚曰：
Lady Cui was the wife of Liu Chen, Prince of Beidi of Shu Han. She appears in Chapter 118 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms; she is not mentioned in the Records of the Three Kingdoms.
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After Liu Chen declared that he would die for his country, Lady Cui said she was willing to die first. She said that Liu Chen would die for his father, and she would die for her husband. She then struck her head against a pillar and died (Romance of the Three Kingdoms).
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- Wife of Liu Chen.
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- 演 ch.118 §4→ Liu Chen
「大王今日顏色異常，何也？」
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Novel · ch. 118
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The princess; struck a pillar and died first, following her husband in death