Overview
The translated histories identify Xu Guangjin as an administrator, diplomat, general, and official. This record brings together 29 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 Guangjin | 徐廣縉 | Xú Guǎngjìn |
| Given | Guangjin | 廣縉 | |
| Surname | Xu | 徐 | |
| Personal name | Xu Guangjin | 徐廣縉 | Xú Guǎngjìn |
| Personal name | Xu Guangjin | 徐廣縉 | Xu Guangjin |
| Courtesy name | Zhongsheng | 仲升 | Zhongsheng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · qingshigao:392:s0043
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · qingshigao:394:s0002
Roles
- Administrator
- Diplomat
- General
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐八年 · Western Year: AD 1858Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0067, qingshigao:394:s0068
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 咸豐三年夏 · Western Year: AD 1853Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0065
- Source Date: Text: 咸豐二年 · Western Year: AD 1852Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:392:s0043
- Source Date: Text: 咸豐二年 · Western Year: AD 1852Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0055
- Source Date: Text: 咸豐元年 · Western Year: AD 1851Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0051
- Source Date: Text: 咸豐八年 · Western Year: AD 1858Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0067
- Source Date: Text: 嘉慶二十五年 · Western Year: AD 1820Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0004
- Source Date: Text: 道光三十年 · Western Year: AD 1850Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0044
- Source Date: Text: 道光二十九年 · Western Year: AD 1849Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0016
- Source Date: Text: 道光二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1848Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0009
- Source Date: Text: 道光二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1846Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0008
- Source Date: Text: 道光十三年 · Western Year: AD 1833Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0005
Family
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- Child of Mother of Xu GuangjinKinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Career and standing
- Label: acting governor-general of Huguang / 署理湖廣總督 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐二年 · Western Year: AD 1852Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0058
- Label: imperial commissioner / 欽差大臣 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐二年 · Western Year: AD 1852Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0058
- Label: governor-general of Guangdong and Guangxi / 兩廣總督 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1848Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0009
- Label: superintendent of foreign trade / 通商大臣 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1848Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0009
- Label: governor of Yunnan / 雲南巡撫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1846Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0008
- Label: prefect of Yulin / 榆林知府 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光十三年 · Western Year: AD 1833Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0005
- Label: Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi / 兩廣總督 · Action: heldExplicit · qingshigao:392:s0043
- Title: first-class baron / 一等子爵 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十九年 · Western Year: AD 1849Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0042
- Label: Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent / 太子太保 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐二年 · Western Year: AD 1852Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0056
- Label: double-eyed peacock feather / 雙眼花翎 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十九年 · Western Year: AD 1849Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0042
- Status: released · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐三年夏 · Western Year: AD 1853Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0065
- Label: dismissal, arrest, confiscation, death sentence / 褫職逮問籍沒論大辟 · Action: sentenced · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐二年 · Western Year: AD 1852Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0064
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Qing / 清 · Relation: servedExplicit · qingshigao:394:s0004
- Place: Luyi, Henan / 河南鹿邑Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0003
- Place: Luyi, Henan / 河南鹿邑 · Relation: native-ofExplicit · qingshigao:394:s0003
Learning and skills
- Credential: Presented Scholar / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶二十五年 · Western Year: AD 1820Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0004
Works and attributed material
- Kind: memorial · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十九年 · Western Year: AD 1849
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: captured · Other Person Id: Ling Shiba (凌十八) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐二年春 · Western Year: AD 1852Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0055
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: failed-to-relieve · Place: Changsha/Wuchang / 長沙武昌 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐二年 · Western Year: AD 1852
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: negotiator · Action: refused-city-entry · Other Person Id: Bonham (文翰) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十九年 · Western Year: AD 1849
- Relation: counterpart-of · Person Id: Bonham (文翰)Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0016
- Relation: succeeded · Person Id: Qiying (耆英)Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0012
- Relation: colleague-of · Person Id: Ye Mingchen (葉名琛)Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0074
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: skillful temporary management but later indefensible failure · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · qingshigao:394:s0194, qingshigao:394:s0197
References in the histories
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