Overview
The translated histories identify Xu Ling as an envoy, family member, judge, and official. This record brings together 6 passages from 6 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Xu Ling | 徐陵 | Xu Ling |
| Title | Grand Tutor | 太傅 | |
| Given name | Ling | 陵 | |
| Personal name | Xu Ling | 徐陵 | Xu Ling |
| Personal name | Xu Ling | 徐陵 | |
| Personal | Xu Ling | 徐陵 | Xú Líng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · liangshu:030:s0172, weishu:110:s0118
Roles
- Envoy
- Family Member
- Judge
- Official
- Statesman
- Writer
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 太清元年六月 · Regnal Year: 1 · Lunar Month: 6 · Western Year: AD 547Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:038:s0046
- Source Date: Text: noted as Xu Chi's eldest son · Western Year: AD 549Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:030:s0172
- Source Date: Text: 天康元年五月 · Western Year: AD 566Explicit · chenshu:004:s0025
- Source Date: Text: 太傅徐陵 · Western Interval: Start: AD 569 · End: AD 582Explicit event contextual date · suishu:077:s0177
- Source Date: Text: 太建中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 569 · End: AD 580Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:023:s0109, chenshu:023:s0113
- Source Date: Text: 接蕭衍使 · Western Interval: Start: AD 540 · End: AD 549Explicit event contextual date · weishu:110:s0118
Family
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- Child of Xu Chi (徐摛)Kinship Term: eldest son / 長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Birth Order: 1
Career and standing
- Label: Minister of Personnel / 吏部尚書 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天康元年五月 · Western Year: AD 566Explicit · chenshu:004:s0025
- Office: Direct Attendant / 通直郎 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太清元年六月 · Regnal Year: 1 · Lunar Month: 6 · Western Year: AD 547Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:038:s0046
- Label: Grand Tutor / 太傅 · Action: heldExplicit · suishu:077:s0177
Places and affiliations
- Label: Chen / 陳 · Relation: servedExplicit · chenshu:004:s0025
Events and relationships
- Kind: ritual · Role: commemorator · Action: carved mountain inscription and eulogy for Xu ZeExplicit · suishu:077:s0177
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: sent north to negotiate peace · Other Person Id: Xie Ting (謝挺) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太清元年六月 · Regnal Year: 1 · Lunar Month: 6 · Western Year: AD 547Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:038:s0046
References in the histories
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