Xu Fang (徐坊) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xu Fang as a family member and official. This record brings together 6 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	Xu Fang	徐坊	Xu Fang
Given	Fang	坊	Fang
Courtesy	Wusheng	梧生	Wusheng
Posthumous	Zhongqin	忠勤	Zhongqin

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0056, qingshigao:472:s0173

Roles

Family Member
Official

Life and dates

Death

Explicit · qingshigao:472:s0183

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 光緒十年 · Regnal Year: 10 · Western Year: AD 1884
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:458:s0056
Source Date: Text: 光緒二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1900
Explicit · qingshigao:472:s0178
Source Date: Text: 光緒十年 · Western Year: AD 1884
Explicit · qingshigao:472:s0175

Family

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Child of Xu Yanxu (徐延旭)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Child of Mother of Xu Fang
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: principal clerk in the Ministry of Revenue / 戶部主事 · Action: purchased
Explicit · qingshigao:472:s0174
Label: posthumous name Zhongqin / 諡忠勤 · Action: bestowed
Explicit · qingshigao:472:s0183

Places and affiliations

Polity: Qing · Relation: active-in
Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0056
Place: Linqing prefecture, Shandong / 山東臨清州
Explicit · qingshigao:472:s0173

Events and relationships

Kind: personal · Role: caregiver · Action: attended imprisoned father and buried him · Other Person Id: Xu Yanxu (徐延旭) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒十年 · Western Year: AD 1884
Explicit · qingshigao:472:s0175, qingshigao:472:s0176, qingshigao:472:s0177

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: filial son · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report
Explicit · qingshigao:472:s0177

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 458Volume 458 Biographies 245: Xu Yanxu, Tang Jiong, He Jing, Zhang Zhaodong · 1 passage

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子坊，自有傳。 His son Fang is treated in a separate biography.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 472Volume 472 Biographies 259: Lu Runxiang, Shi Xu, Yi Ketan, Liang Dingfen, Xu Fang, Lao Naixuan, Shen Cengzhi · 5 passages

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徐坊，字梧生，山東臨清州人，巡撫延旭子。 Xu Fang, whose courtesy name was Wusheng, came from Linqing prefecture in Shandong; he was the son of Governor Yan Xu.

坊侍至京師，入則慰母，出則省延旭於獄，橐饘之事，皆自任之，布衣蔬食，言輒流涕。 Fang followed him to the capital; at home he comforted his mother, abroad he visited Yan Xu in prison; he undertook all the work of carrying provisions himself, wore coarse cloth and ate plain food, and wept whenever he spoke.

延旭戍新疆，未出都卒，坊扶柩歸葬，徒行泥淖中，道路嘆為孝子。 Yan Xu was to be exiled to Xinjiang; before leaving the capital he died, and Fang carried the coffin home for burial, walking through mud and mire—travelers on the road marveled at him as a filial son.

旋命行走毓慶宮，坊已久病，力疾入直。 Soon he was ordered to serve at the Yuqing Palace; Fang had long been ill, yet forced himself through illness to take up duty.

未幾，卒，諡忠勤。 Before long he died and was given the posthumous name Zhongqin.