Yuan · Family Member

Xu Siyuan 徐嗣源

Xú Sìyuán

Attested AD 1355

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xu Siyuan was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1355 至正十五年
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passages 104, 106, 108

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Xu Cailuan (徐彩鸞)
daughter 女
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 104

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Lived under
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 106
At Pucheng 浦城
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 104
At Pucheng 浦城 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 104

Events and relationships

Bandits were about to kill him; his daughter offered herself instead
AD 1355 至正十五年 · Military · Threatened person
Directly stated · History of Yuan 201, passage 107

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 201Volume 201 Biographies 88: Exemplary Women 2 · 5 passages

李景文妻徐氏，名彩鸞，字淑和，浦城徐嗣源之女。 Li Jingwen's wife, Lady Xu—given name Cailuan, courtesy name Shuhe—was Xu Siyuan's daughter of Pucheng.

至正十五年，青田賊寇浦城，徐氏從嗣源逃旁近山谷。 In Zhizheng 15, Qingtian bandits attacked Pucheng, and Lady Xu fled with her father Siyuan into a nearby valley.

賊持刀欲害嗣源，徐氏前曰：「此吾父也，寧殺我。」 Bandits drew their swords to kill Siyuan, but Lady Xu stepped forward and said, "He is my father—better kill me instead."

賊舍父而止徐氏。 The bandits released her father and took Lady Xu in his place.

徐氏語父曰：「兒義不受辱，今必死，父可速去。」 She told her father, "I cannot live in dishonor. I am going to die—please leave at once."