Guo Xiu (郭秀) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Guo Xiu as a courtier, named individual, and official. This record brings together 7 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Guo Xiu	郭秀	Guo Xiu
Surname	Guo	郭	Guō
Personal name	Guo Xiu	郭秀	Guo Xiu
Personal name	Guo Xiu	郭秀	Guō Xiù
Given	Xiu	秀	Xiù

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · beiqishu:034:s0066
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · beiqishu:050:s0018

Roles

Courtier
Named Individual
Official

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died of illness before appointment arrived / 除書未至而卒
Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0021

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 韓陵後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 532 · End: AD 540
Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:034:s0066
Source Date: Text: 高祖 · Western Interval: Start: AD 534 · End: AD 547
Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:050:s0019, beiqishu:050:s0010

Family

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Parent of Guo Xiaoyi (郭孝義)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Kinship Role: adult sons or younger brothers · Count: 0 · Negated: true
Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0022

Career and standing

Label: Right Director of the Mobile Secretariat / 行臺右丞 · Action: held
Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0019
Label: Director of the Seven Armies / 七兵尚書 · Action: requested
Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0021

Places and affiliations

Polity: Northern Qi / 北齊 · Relation: served
Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0019
Place: Zhuo in Fanyang / 范陽涿
Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0018
Place: Fanyang / 范陽 · Relation: native-of
Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0018

Works and attributed material

Kind: letter · Role: author · Other Person Id: Yang Yin (楊愔)
Explicit · beiqishu:034:s0066

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: persecutor · Action: forced-into-flight · Other Person Id: Yang Yin (楊愔)
Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0024
Relation: rival-of · Person Id: Yang Yin (楊愔)
Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0024

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: petty man who marred bright virtue · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0010

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 34Volume 34 Biographies 26: Yang Yin; Yan Zixian; Song Qindao; Zheng Yi · 1 passage

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郭秀素害其能，因致書恐之曰：「高王欲送卿於帝所。」 Guo Xiu by nature envied his ability and therefore sent a letter threatening him, saying, "The Prince of Qi wishes to send you to the Emperor's place."

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 50Volume 50 Biographies 42: Favored by Nobles · 6 passages

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郭秀和士開穆提婆高阿那肱韓鳳韓寶業等 Guo Xiu, He Shikai, Mu Tipo, Gao Anagujin, Han Feng, Han Baoye, and the like

高祖、世宗，情存庶政，文武任寄，多貞幹之臣，唯郭秀小人，有累明德。 Under Gaozu and Shizong, government still had substance and upright men filled military and civil posts—only the petty Guo Xiu tarnished their good name.

郭秀，范陽涿人。 Guo Xiu was from Zhuo in Fanyang.

秀遇疾，高祖親臨視之，問所欲官。 When Xiu fell ill, Gaozu visited him in person and asked what post he wanted.

初，秀忌楊愔，誑脅令其逃亡。 Earlier, Xiu had resented Yang Yin and tricked and intimidated him into fleeing.

秀死後，愔還，高祖追忿秀，卽日斥孝義，終身不齒。 When Yin returned after Xiu's death, Gaozu, still angry at Xiu, that same day expelled Xiaoyi and never admitted him to polite society again.