Xu You (許由) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xu You as a hermit and named individual. This record brings together 1 passage 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 You	許由	Xu You
Personal name	Xu You	由	Xu You

Identity

Historicity: Legendary
Identification: Named
Sex: Uncertain

Roles

Hermit
Named Individual

Life and dates

Attested activity

Qualitative: legendary antiquity
Explicit · shiji:083:s0214

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 83Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang · 1 passage

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今人主誠能去驕傲之心，懷可報之意，披心腹，見情素，墮肝膽，施德厚，終與之窮達，無愛於士，則桀之狗可使吠堯，而蹠之客可使刺由； If a ruler today could truly cast off his arrogance, harbor the desire to repay loyalty, bare his innermost heart, reveal his true feelings, offer up his very liver and gall in trust, bestow generous virtue, share in his scholars' poverty and success alike, and show no stinginess toward men of talent—then even the dogs of the tyrant Jie could be made to bark at Yao, and even the followers of the bandit Zhi could be sent to assassinate a sage like Xu You.