Xu Yan (許彥) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xu Yan was an official and Diviner.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Daomo	道謨	Daomo
Childhood name	Jiatun	嘉屯	Jiatun
Posthumous name	Duke Xuan	宣公

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Mao (茂)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 30
Parent of Xu Xi (許熙)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 51, passage 56
Parent of Xu Zongzhi (許宗之)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 51, passage 41

General Who Pacifies the East 安東將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 36
Governor of Xiangzhou 相州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 36
Regular Attendant 散騎常侍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 33
Duke of Wuchang 武昌公
Advanced
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 36
Marquis of Boling 博陵侯
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 33
posthumous title Duke Xuan 諡曰宣公
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 40

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Experienced
Orphan poor
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 31
not punished because trusted intimate
Punishment · Avoided · Negated true
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 38
Received
Imperial rebuke
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 37

Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passages 32, 36
Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 51, passage 41
At Xincheng in Gaoyang 高陽新城
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 29
At Xiangzhou 相州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 36

Subject Book of Changes 易 · Teacher Person Id Farui (法叡) · Relation Studied under
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 31
Skill divination and milfoil casting 卜筮 · Level repeatedly accurate
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 32

Summoned; divinations repeatedly accurate; joined deliberations
AD 423 世祖初 · Political · Summoned courtier
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 51, passage 32
Relation Student of · Person Farui (法叡)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 31
Relation Favored by · Person Emperor Shizu (世祖)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 35

Assessment sincere, discreet; never discussed inner-court affairs · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 34
Assessment took bribes and broke the law in office · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 37