Xu Taifu (徐臺符) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xu Taifu was a scholar and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 951 翰林學士徐臺符
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 44

Career and standing

Hanlin academician 翰林學士
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Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 44

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 57Volume 57 Miscellaneous Biographies 37: Li Song, Li Lin, Jia Wei, Duan Xiyao, Zhang Yun, Wang Song, Pei Hao, Wang Renyu, Pei Yu, Wang Yan, Ma Zhongji, Zhao Yanyi · 2 passages

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崧素與翰林學士徐臺符相善，後周太祖入立，臺符告宰相馮道，請誅葛延遇，道以延遇數經赦宥，難之。 Song had long been friendly with the Hanlin academician Xu Taifu; when Later Zhou Taizu took the throne, Taifu told the chief minister Feng Dao and asked that Ge Yanyu be executed; Dao hesitated because Yanyu had been pardoned several times.

樞密使王峻聞之，多臺符有義，乃奏誅延遇。 Commissioner of military affairs Wang Jun heard of this, admired Taifu's sense of justice, and memorialized for Yanyu's execution.