Hu Shi (984–1070) was a woman of the Song dynasty and the wife of Wang Ji (982–1040). She was born in Yizhou, had Luoyang as her ancestral place, and was buried there in 1071.
Life and family
Her family line included Hu Biao as great-grandfather, Hu Shaoxun as grandfather, Hu Weizhong as father, and Liu, the wife of Hu Weizhong, as mother. Her titles were Xianjun and Xian Taijun, associated with Anding and Changle; Xian Taijun was also associated with Anding.
Her three sons were Wang Shanggong (1007–1084), the eldest; Wang Shangzhe (born 1007), the second; and Wang Shangci, the third. Her sons-in-law were Wu Gan, Zhu Jian, Chu Jianzhong (1010–1090), Yin Pu, and Zhang Wei, husbands respectively of her first through fifth daughters.
Posthumous commemoration
Her tomb inscription was composed by Chen Yi. Chu Jianzhong produced its title inscription, Liu Hang wrote it in cinnabar, and Yan Yongzhen performed the stone carving for a spirit-road stele, tomb inscription, or burial-pit inscription.