Xu Shen (許慎) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xu Shen as a scholar. This record brings together 2 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 Shen	許慎	Xu Shen

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:472:s0094

Roles

Scholar

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 漢代 · Western Interval: Start: AD 100 · End: AD 121
Explicit · qingshigao:472:s0094

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 472Volume 472 Biographies 259: Lu Runxiang, Shi Xu, Yi Ketan, Liang Dingfen, Xu Fang, Lao Naixuan, Shen Cengzhi · 2 passages

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漢儒許慎，特因說文解字，功在經籍，專隆升祔。 The Han scholar Xu Shen had been specially elevated solely because his Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters served the study of the classics.

揆諸古者釋奠祭師之誼，達海應得附祀，核與漢儒許慎從祀之例亦屬相符。 Measured by the ancient rite of the libation sacrifice honoring teachers, Dahai deserves collateral sacrifice; compared with the precedent of the Han scholar Xu Shen, the case is entirely in accord.