Xu Chi (徐摛) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xu Chi as a courtier, official, poet, and scholar. This record brings together 22 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xu Chi	徐摛	Xu Chi
Given name	Chi	摛
Alternate name	Old Xu	徐叟
Courtesy name	Shixiu	士秀
Surname	Xu	徐
Personal name	Xu Chi	徐摛	Xu Chi
Personal name	Xu Chi	徐摛

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · chenshu:032:s0022
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liangshu:030:s0128

Roles

Courtier
Official
Poet
Scholar
Writer

Life and dates

Death

Age: 78 · Cause: illness from vital breath disorder
Explicit · liangshu:030:s0171

Age

Age: 78 · Reckoning: sui · Context: at death
Explicit · liangshu:030:s0171

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 中大通三年 · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 531
Explicit · liangshu:030:s0151
Source Date: Text: 普通四年 · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 523
Explicit · liangshu:030:s0141
Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552
Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:032:s0020, chenshu:032:s0022
Source Date: Text: 大通初 · Western Year: AD 527
Explicit · liangshu:030:s0142
Source Date: Text: 太宗後被幽閉 · Western Year: AD 551
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:030:s0171

Family

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Descendant of Xu Pingdao (徐憑道)
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2
Parent of Xu Ling (徐陵)
Kinship Term: eldest son / 長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Birth Order: 1
Child of Xu Chaozhi (徐超之)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Child of Mother of Xu Chi (徐摛母)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: governor of Xin'an / 新安太守 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:030:s0151
Label: study companion / 侍讀 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:030:s0137
Label: General of the Left Guard / 左衛將軍 · Action: refused
Explicit · liangshu:030:s0170
Status: mourning · Action: entered · Reason: mother's death
Explicit · liangshu:030:s0139

Places and affiliations

Place: Tan in Donghai / 東海郯
Explicit · liangshu:030:s0128
Place: Xin'an / 新安 · Relation: posted-to
Explicit · liangshu:030:s0151

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Hou Jing (侯景) · Quote: true
Explicit · liangshu:030:s0167
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: true
Explicit · liangshu:030:s0158, liangshu:030:s0159, liangshu:030:s0160, liangshu:030:s0161, liangshu:030:s0162, liangshu:030:s0163

Events and relationships

Kind: cultural · Role: originator · Action: palace-style-arose
Explicit · liangshu:030:s0144
Kind: political · Role: attendant · Action: stood-unmoved-before-hou-jing
Explicit · liangshu:030:s0167, liangshu:030:s0168, liangshu:030:s0169
Relation: maternal-cousin-of · Person Id: Zhou She (周捨)
Explicit · liangshu:030:s0135