Overview
Xu Fu was a Diviner.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 219 to BC 210 秦始皇遣方士徐福Directly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 267
Family
- Kinship Role descendants-of-colonists · Quantity several ten thousand households · Mode traditionDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 267
Career and standing
- fangshi 方士Directly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 267
- Dared not returnFeared execution · Mode traditionDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 267
Places and affiliations
- Polity Qin 秦 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 267
Events and relationships
- Sought Penglai immortals and failedBC 219 to BC 210 秦始皇遣方士徐福 · Religious · Leader · Mode traditionDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 267
- Stopped on isle fearing executionBC 219 to BC 210 秦始皇遣方士徐福 · Migration · Settler · At Danzhou/Yizhou 此洲 · Mode traditionDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passages 266-267
- Relation Envoy of · Person Qin Shi Huang (秦始皇)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 267
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 267
References in the histories
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