Yuan · Administrator and Official

Xu Ji 許楫

Died c. AD 1289

Passages
18
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xu Ji as an administrator, judge, official, and scholar. This record brings together 18 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

PeriodYuan

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xu Ji 許楫 Xu Ji
Courtesy Gongdu 公度 Gongdu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Uncertain

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Judge
  • Official
  • Scholar
  • Student

Life and dates

Death

  • Age: 70 · Timing: two years after retirement · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至元二十六年前後 · Western Year: c. AD 1289
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0086

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 至元十三年 · Reign Id: yuan-zhiyuan · Regnal Year: 13 · Western Year: AD 1276
    Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:191:s0067
  • Source Date: Text: 至元二十三年 · Reign Id: yuan-zhiyuan · Regnal Year: 23 · Western Year: AD 1286
    Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:191:s0073
  • Source Date: Text: 至元二十四年 · Reign Id: yuan-zhiyuan · Regnal Year: 24 · Western Year: AD 1287
    Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:191:s0086

Family

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  • Kinship Role: sons · Count: 8 · Total Sons: 11 · Names Lost: true
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0087

Career and standing

  • Label: registrar of the Central Secretariat archive depot / 中書省架閣庫管勾 · Action: appointed · Appointing Person Id: Emperor Shizu (世祖)
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0061
  • Label: Outer Assistant in the Left and Right Offices / 左右司員外郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至元十三年 · Reign Id: yuan-zhiyuan · Regnal Year: 13 · Western Year: AD 1276
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0067
  • Label: administrator of Huizhou / 徽州總管 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至元二十三年 · Reign Id: yuan-zhiyuan · Regnal Year: 23 · Western Year: AD 1286
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0073
  • Label: administrator of Dongping / 東平總管 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至元二十四年 · Reign Id: yuan-zhiyuan · Regnal Year: 24 · Western Year: AD 1287
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0086
  • Label: Commissioner for Agriculture of Shaanxi Circuit / 陝西道勸農使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0066
  • Label: seal-keeper / 知印 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0057
  • Label: Vice Commissioner for Agriculture / 勸農副使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0062
  • Label: clerk of the Central Secretariat / 中書省掾 · Action: declined · Appointing Person Id: Wang Wentong (王文統)
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0057
  • Label: charge of the dispatch office / 兼承發司事 · Action: held concurrently
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0061
  • Label: Vice Intendant of the Judicial Investigation Commission for Lingbei-Hunan / 嶺北湖南提刑按察副使 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明年 · Western Year: AD 1277
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0069
  • Label: Vice Intendant of the Judicial Investigation Commission for Jiangxi Circuit / 江西道提刑按察副使 · Action: transferred
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0072
  • Label: Court Consultant / 中議大夫 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至元二十三年 · Reign Id: yuan-zhiyuan · Regnal Year: 23 · Western Year: AD 1286
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0073
  • Label: Grand Master of Palace Attendance / 太中大夫 · Action: granted
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0086
  • Status: term completed · Action: departed office
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0077
  • Status: retired · Action: entered
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0086
  • Action: released an innocent tenant and imprisoned the wealthy murderer
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0070, yuanshi:191:s0071

Places and affiliations

  • Place: Xinzhou in Taiyuan / 太原忻州 · Relation: native-of
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0055

Learning and skills

  • Subject: Confucian learning / 儒 · Teacher Person Id: Yuan Yu (元裕) · Action: studied
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0056
  • Credential: literary composition selection / 詞賦選 · Action: passed · Age: 15
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0056
  • Credential: filial and upright candidate of outstanding talent / 賢良方正孝廉 · Action: recommended
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0056

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: clear judgment · Provenance: Mode: public-reputation
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0071
  • Assessment: refused gold and silk from Jingnan elders · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0068
  • Kind: physical-description · Statement: fine beard and imposing stature
    Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0059

References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 191Volume 191 Biographies 78: Virtuous Officials 1 · 18 passages
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桑哥立尚書，會計天下錢糧，參知政事忻都、戶部尚書王巨濟，倚勢刻剝，遣吏徵徽州民鈔，多輸二千錠，巨濟怒其少，欲更益千錠，楫詣巨濟曰：「公欲百姓死耶、生耶？ When Sangge established the Ministry of Revenue and audited the realm's finances, Vice Grand Councillor Xindu and Minister of Revenue Wang Juji, relying on their power, engaged in harsh exactions. They sent officials to collect paper currency from Huizhou's populace, who paid two thousand ingots more than required. Juji was angry that the amount was too small and wanted to add another thousand. Ji went to Juji and said: "Do you, sir, wish the common people to live or to die?