Ancient China · Legendary Hermit

Xu You 許由

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xu You was a Legendary Hermit.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 99

Events and relationships

Did not accept world
Political · Refuser · Mode quoted-exemplum Speaker Lu Mao Shou (鹿毛壽)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 99

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 34House of Yan Shaogong · 1 passage

人之謂堯賢者，以其讓天下於許由，許由不受，有讓天下之名而實不失天下。 People call Yao worthy because he yielded the world to Xu You. When Xu You did not accept it, Yao gained the reputation of yielding the world while in reality not losing it.