Xu Guang (徐廣) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xu Guang as a historian, official, and scholar. This record brings together 19 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xu Guang	徐廣	Xú Guǎng
Given	Guang	廣
Title	Master Xu	徐公
Surname	Xu	徐
Courtesy	Yemin	野民	Yěmín

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · songshu:055:s0105

Roles

Historian
Official
Scholar

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元嘉二年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 425 · Age: Value: 74 · Reckoning: sui
Explicit · songshu:055:s0231

Age

Value: 74 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元嘉二年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 425
Explicit · songshu:055:s0231

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元嘉二年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 425
Explicit · songshu:055:s0231
Source Date: Text: 永初元年 · Western Year: AD 420
Explicit · songshu:055:s0225
Source Date: Text: 義熙初 · Western Year: AD 405
Explicit · songshu:055:s0117
Source Date: Text: 隆安中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 397 · End: AD 401
Explicit · songshu:055:s0113

Family

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Kin of Xu Huo (徐豁)
Kinship Term: elder brother's son / 兄子 · Intermediary Person Ids: Xu Miao (徐邈)
Sibling of Xu Miao (徐邈)
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
Parent of Xu Daoxuan (徐道玄)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Child of Xu Zao (徐藻)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological

Career and standing

Label: Grand Master of Leisure / 中散大夫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永初元年 · Western Year: AD 420
Explicit · songshu:055:s0225
Label: Director of the Secretariat / 秘書監 · Action: appointed
Explicit · songshu:055:s0140
Label: Master of Writings / 著作郎 · Action: appointed
Explicit · songshu:055:s0119
Label: Secretary Gentleman / 秘書郎 · Action: appointed
Explicit · songshu:055:s0111
Title: fifth-rank Marquis of Lecheng county / 樂成縣五等侯 · Action: enfeoffed
Explicit · songshu:055:s0118

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: served
Explicit · songshu:055:s0225
Place: Gumu in Dongguan / 東莞姑幕
Explicit · songshu:055:s0105
Place: Jingkou / 京口 · Relation: grew-up-in
Explicit · songshu:055:s0227
Place: Jinling / 晉陵 · Relation: ancestral-graves-at
Explicit · songshu:055:s0227

Works and attributed material

Work: Annals of Jin / 晉紀 · Volumes: 46
Explicit · songshu:055:s0139
Work: Annals of Jin / 晉紀 · Relation: author
Explicit · songshu:055:s0139
Kind: letter · Role: author · Other Person Id: Founding Emperor (高祖)
Explicit · songshu:055:s0127, songshu:055:s0128, songshu:055:s0129, songshu:055:s0130, songshu:055:s0131, songshu:055:s0132, songshu:055:s0133, songshu:055:s0134, songshu:055:s0135, songshu:055:s0136, songshu:055:s0137
Kind: ritual-opinion · Role: author
Explicit · songshu:055:s0234, songshu:055:s0235, songshu:055:s0236, songshu:055:s0237, songshu:055:s0238, songshu:055:s0239
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Xie Hui (謝晦)
Explicit · songshu:055:s0144, songshu:055:s0145, songshu:055:s0146

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: witness · Action: wept at Jin abdication
Explicit · songshu:055:s0141, songshu:055:s0142

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: devoted to the sages; renown fitting · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · songshu:055:s0222
Assessment: especially accomplished in learning · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · songshu:055:s0108
Kind: habit · Statement: loved reading even in old age
Explicit · songshu:055:s0230