Xu Mai 許邁

Other names

Family

• Child of Father of Xu Mai (父)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 308
• Child of Mother of Xu Mai (母)
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 308
• Spouse of Wife of Xu Mai, née Sun (孫氏)
  wife 婦 · Ended
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 310

Career and standing

• Born into
  Gentry clan
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 303
• did not admire office advancement
  Unofficial · Refused · Negated false
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 303

Places and affiliations

• Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Associated with
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 302
• At Jurong in Danyang 丹陽句容
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 302
• AD 346 永和二年
  At western hills of Lin'an 臨安西山 · Relation Moved to
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 314
• At Mao Ridge / Mount Mao 茅嶺 · Relation Sojourned
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 309
• At Mount Huan, Tonglu 桐廬縣桓山 · Relation Sojourned
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 311
• At Mount Xuansliu, Yuhang 余杭懸霤山 · Relation Resided
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 309

Learning and skills

• Belief the Way of transcendence 升遐之道 · Relation Adherent of
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 305, 309

Works and attributed material

• twelve poems on transcendents 詩十二首
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 316
• Letter · Author · With Wife of Xu Mai, née Sun (孫氏)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 316
• Letter · Author · With Wang Xizhi (羲之) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 318

Events and relationships

• Breath meditation
  Religious · Adept
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 313
• Built retreat on Xuansliu
  Religious · Hermit
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 309
• Gathered herbs and ingested atractylodes
  Religious · Adept
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 311
• Moved to Linan western hills
  AD 346 永和二年 · Travel · Migrant
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 314
• Sent wife home
  Family · Actor · With Wife of Xu Mai, née Sun (孫氏)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 310
• Sought teaching
  Religious · Student · With Bao Jing (鮑靚)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 307

Assessments and attributes

• Item hermitage at Xuansliu 精舍 · Relation Established
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 309

Source notes

• afterward none could fathom his end; those who loved the Way called it feather-transformation
  Mode rumor
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 320
• held a single breath through more than a thousand counts
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 313
• AD 346 永和二年
  From Xu Mai 許邁 · To Xuan 玄 · Also Courtesy Yuanyou 遠遊
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 315