Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Attendant Commandant

Xu Chao 許超

Attested AD 300

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xu Chao was an Attendant Commandant. It is not yet established whether this person is the same as similarly named people in other chapters.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 300 太子既廢後
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 53, passage 108

Career and standing

Attendant Commandant 常從督
Held
Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 108

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 23: Crown Prince Minhuai · 1 passage

右衛督司馬雅，宗室之疏屬也，與常從督許超並有寵于太子，二人深傷之，說趙王倫謀臣孫秀曰：「國無適嗣，社稷將危，大臣之禍必起。 Right Guard Commandant Sima Ya, a distant kinsman of the imperial house, and Attendant Commandant Xu Chao, both favorites of the crown prince, grieved deeply; they told Sun Xiu, stratagemist to Lun, Prince of Zhao: "The state has no true heir—altar and grain will be imperiled; great ministers' disaster is sure to rise.