Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Diplomat

Xu Xiang 徐詳

Attested AD 200 - AD 243

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xu Xiang as a diplomat, envoy, military officer, and official. This record brings together 7 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 Xiang	徐詳	Xu Xiang
Personal name	Xu Xiang	徐詳	Xu Xiang
Courtesy name	Ziming	子明	Ziming

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · sanguozhi:062:s0149

Roles

Diplomat
Envoy
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Death

Relative: Before Person Id: Hu Zong (胡綜)
Explicit · sanguozhi:062:s0139

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 與是儀、徐詳俱典軍國密事 · Western Interval: Start: AD 200 · End: AD 243
Explicit event contextual date · sanguozhi:062:s0149

Career and standing

Label: palace attendant / 侍中 · Action: appointed
Explicit · sanguozhi:062:s0076
Title: village marquis / 鄉侯 · Action: advanced
Explicit · sanguozhi:062:s0076
Title: village marquis / 亭侯 · Action: enfeoffed
Explicit · sanguozhi:062:s0154

Places and affiliations

Place: Wucheng in Wu commandery / 吳郡烏程
Explicit · sanguozhi:062:s0139

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: repeatedly carried out missions · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · sanguozhi:062:s0142

References in the histories

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Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 62Volume 62: Book of Wu 17: Biographies of Shi Yi and Hu Zong · 7 passages

與是儀、徐詳俱典軍國密事。 With Shi Yi and Xu Xiang he jointly handled confidential military and state business.

劉備下白帝，權以見兵少，使綜料諸縣，得六千人，立解煩兩部，詳領左部、綜領右部督。 When Liu Bei came down from Baidi, Sun Quan, finding his visible troops too thin, had Zong levy the counties for six thousand men and formed two hardship-relief divisions—Xu Xiang led the left and Hu Zong the right.

魏拜權為吳王，封綜、儀、詳皆為亭侯。 When Wei recognized Sun Quan as King of Wu, Zong, Yi, and Xiang were all made village marquises.

權下都建業，詳、綜並為侍中，進封鄉侯，兼左、右領軍。 After the court settled at Jianye, Xu Xiang and Hu Zong became joint palace attendants, village marquises, and left and right commanders of the guard.

徐詳者字子明，吳郡烏程人也，先綜死。 Xu Xiang, courtesy Ziming, came from Wucheng in Wu commandery and died before Hu Zong.

評曰：是儀、徐詳、胡綜，皆孫權之時干興事業者也。 The appraisal states that Shi Yi, Xu Xiang, and Hu Zong were the men who kept Sun Quan's government running.

儀清恪貞素，詳數通使命，綜文采才用，各見信任，譬之廣夏，其榱椽之佐乎! Shi Yi was incorruptible, Xu Xiang a veteran envoy, Hu Zong a brilliant pen—all earned deep trust; they were the beams that held up Sun Quan's hall.