Ehuang and her younger sister Nüying were both married to Shun.
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history
The old accounts say 尧 gave 舜 both of his daughters in order to see how he ran his household before handing him the throne.
culture
Legend says that when Shun died on a journey south, the sisters wept by the 湘江 and their tears spotted the bamboo there, which is why mottled bamboo is called 湘妃竹. They then drowned in the river and became its goddesses.
