Overview
Xu Xiang was a scholar and Official.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 156 to BC 120 漢禮官時Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 161, 164
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Descendant of Master Xu (徐生)grandson 孫 · paternal line · 2 generationsDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 161
- Sibling of Yan (延)brothers 兄弟 · Full siblingsStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 161
- Child of Son of Master Xufather 父Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 161
Career and standing
- Grandee of the Han Ritual Office 漢禮官大夫AppointedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 164
- Metropolitan Governor of Guangling 廣陵內史AppointedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 164
Places and affiliations
- Polity Han 漢 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 164
- At Guangling 廣陵 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 164
Learning and skills
- could not master the Ritual ClassicSubject Ritual Classic 禮經 · Negated trueDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 162
- Skill ceremonial deportment 容 · Level natural-giftDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 162, 164
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 161
References in the histories
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