The Hou Han Shu includes a chapter that tells of a girl who kills a person to avenge her father's death. The girl is sentenced to die, but a 15-year-old boy from her hometown appeals the sentence, describing the killing as the ultimate act of family loyalty.
《後漢書．申屠蟠傳》記載，申屠蟠十五歲時，同郡候氏的女兒候玉為父報仇而殺人，官吏決定論以死罪，申屠蟠則進諫說候玉的行為節義感人，官吏才免去她的死罪。