Overview
Xu Yanbo was a Writer and Official.
Life and dates
Death
- AD 714 開元二年Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 192
Attested activity
- AD 705 to AD 714 帝復位後至開元二年Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 114, passages 186, 192
- AD 690 to AD 705 武后時Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 114, passages 196-197
- AD 714 開元二年Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 192
Family
- Kin of Widowed Sister-in-law of Xu Yanbo (寡嫂)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 193
- Sibling of Elder Brother of Xu Yanboelder brother 兄 · Uncertain siblings · EndedStrongly inferred · New Book of Tang 114, passage 193
- Kinship Role nephews · raised as his own sons · Quantity unspecified-pluralDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 193
Career and standing
- court writer 秉筆Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 194
- Scholar of the Xiuwen Hall 脩文館學士AppointedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 189
- Vice-Director of the Ministry of Works 工部侍郎AppointedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 189
- Guest of the Heir Apparent 太子賓客ServedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 190
- Prefect of Weizhou 衛州刺史ServedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 187
- Prefect of Puzhou 蒲州刺史Transferred toDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 188
Show 2 more source-backed claims
- Viscount of Gaoping 高平縣子EnfeoffedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 186
- GrantedRetirement · Cause IllnessDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 191
Places and affiliations
- At Puzhou 蒲州 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 188
Works and attributed material
- Discourse on the Pivot 樞機論Relation AuthorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 197
- Rhapsody on the Southern Suburb 南郊賦Relation AuthorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 188
- Veritable Records of Empress Wu 武后實錄Relation CompilerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 186
- Discourse on the Pivot 樞機論Treatise · Author · Direct quotationDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passages 197-202
Events and relationships
- Cared for widowed sister in law and nephewsDomestic · GuardianDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 193
- Received imperial praiseAdministrative · Prefect · At Weizhou 衛州Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 187
- Requested retirement for illnessPersonal · SubjectDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 191
- Rhapsody on the Southern Suburb 南郊賦Ritual literary · Author · SubmittedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 188
- Discourse on the Pivot 樞機論Scholarly · Author · Wrote warning to ageDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passages 197, 203
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment late style forceful and austere; unmatched in his day · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 195
- Assessment later generations emulated him wholesale · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 194
References in the histories
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