Overview
The translated histories identify Xu Xianzhi as an administrator, official, and statesman. This record brings together 23 passages from 6 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Xu Xianzhi | 徐羨之 | Xu Xianzhi |
| Title | Director of the Imperial Secretariat | 尚書令 | |
| Title | Minister of Works | 司空 | |
| Title | Vice Minister of Works | 尚書僕射 | |
| Personal | Xianzhi | 羨之 | |
| Surname | Xu | 徐 | |
| Personal | Xu Xianzhi | 徐羨之 | |
| Personal | Xu Xianzhi | 徐羨之 | Xú Xiànzhī |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · songshu:004:s0004, songshu:055:s0159
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · songshu:071:s0003
Roles
- Administrator
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: executed with his faction · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元嘉三年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 426Explicit · songshu:073:s0041
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: after 永初二年 and before 景平元年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 421 · End: AD 423
- Source Date: Text: 劉宋初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 420 · End: AD 426Explicit event contextual date · songshu:071:s0003
- Source Date: Text: 少帝時至元嘉三年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 422 · End: AD 426Explicit event contextual date · songshu:073:s0021, songshu:073:s0041
- Source Date: Text: 景平二年六月癸丑 · Western Year: AD 424Explicit event contextual date · songshu:004:s0079
- Source Date: Text: 永初三年 · Western Year: AD 422Explicit event contextual date · songshu:003:s0151, songshu:003:s0170
- Source Date: Text: 永初三年六月壬申 · Western Year: AD 422Explicit event contextual date · songshu:004:s0004
- Source Date: Text: 永初二年 · Western Year: AD 421Explicit event contextual date · songshu:003:s0116
- Source Date: Text: 永初元年 · Western Year: AD 420Explicit event contextual date · songshu:003:s0048
- Source Date: Text: 永初前後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 420 · End: AD 426Explicit · songshu:055:s0159
Family
- Sibling of Xu Qinzhi (徐欽之)Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother
Career and standing
- Label: General Who Stabilizes the Army / 鎮軍將軍 · Action: appointed-additionalExplicit · songshu:003:s0048
- Label: Director of the Secretariat / 尚書令 · Action: appointedExplicit · songshu:003:s0116
- Label: Governor of Yang Province / 揚州刺史 · Action: appointedExplicit · songshu:003:s0116
- Label: Minister of Works / 司空 · Action: appointedExplicit · songshu:003:s0151
- Label: Recorder of the Affairs of the Masters of Writing / 錄尚書事 · Action: appointedExplicit · songshu:003:s0151
- Label: Governor of Yang Province / 揚州刺史 · Action: held concurrentlyExplicit · songshu:056:s0177
- Label: Minister of Works / 司空 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永初三年六月壬申 · Western Year: AD 422Explicit · songshu:004:s0004
- Label: Director of the Imperial Secretariat / 尚書令 · Action: heldExplicit · songshu:056:s0150
- Label: Secretariat Director / 尚書僕射 · Action: heldExplicit · songshu:003:s0048
- Status: regent · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永初三年六月壬申 · Western Year: AD 422Explicit · songshu:004:s0004
- Status: not questioned under the edict despite the impeachmentExplicit · songshu:056:s0175
- Action: impeached by Kong Linzhi · Other Person Id: Kong Linzhi (孔琳之)Explicit · songshu:056:s0150, songshu:056:s0173
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · songshu:071:s0003
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Action: asked Kong Qiong to persuade Kong Linzhi to suspend the case · Other Person Id: Kong Qiong (孔璩之)Explicit · songshu:056:s0177
- Kind: political · Role: plotter · Action: planned deposition · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景平二年五月 · Western Year: AD 424Explicit · songshu:004:s0066
- Explicit · songshu:056:s0041
- Kind: assassination · Role: instigator · Action: sent Xing Antai to assassinate the emperor · Other Person Id: Yifu (義符) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景平二年六月癸丑 · Western Year: AD 424Explicit · songshu:004:s0079
- Explicit · songshu:073:s0021
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: no divergent designs · Provenance: Mode: named-speech · Speaker Person Id: Song Gaozu (宋高祖)Explicit · songshu:003:s0182
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · songshu:071:s0003
References in the histories
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