Life
Lady Xie was a native of Shanyin (山陰), Kuaiji (會稽), which is in present-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang. She became Sun Quan's concubine on the recommendation of Sun's mother Lady Wu, who favoured her. Later, Sun Quan wanted to take his cousin Xu Kun's daughter Lady Xu as his new concubine, so he told Lady Xie to lower herself to accept the newcomer. However, Lady Xie refused and fell out of Sun Quan's favour as a consequence. She died at a relatively young age.
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