Overview
Xu was a king of Guangling.
Life and dates
Death
- Suicide · Cause after renewed cursing and plotted rebellion 復祝詛謀反，自殺Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 211
Attested activity
- BC 80 其事發覺…獨誅首惡楚王Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 203, 208
- BC 54 其後胥復祝詛謀反，自殺Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 211
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Emperor Wu (武帝)flesh and blood 骨肉Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 205, 208
- Sibling of Emperor Zhao (昭帝)flesh and blood 骨肉 · Full siblingsStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 208
- Sibling of Dan (旦)flesh and blood 骨肉 · Full siblingsStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 208, 219
Career and standing
- King of Guangling 廣陵王HeldDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 205, 208
- SufferedKingdom abolishedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 211
- edict not to punish 無治廣陵王Pardon · Spared from prosecutionDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 208
Places and affiliations
- Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Associated withDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 203, 208
- At Guangling 廣陵 · Relation Enfeoffed inDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 205
Events and relationships
- Arrogated authority and communicated with Chu envoysDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 203
- Plot discovered sparedPolitical · BeneficiaryDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 207-208
- Renewed curses and rebellion then suicidePolitical · ActorDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 211
- Relation Co conspirator with · Person King of Chu (楚王)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 203, 205
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment environment shapes character (fleabane/hemp; white sand/mud) · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passages 209-210
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 60, passage 203
References in the histories
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