Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Administrator

Xu Yuan 徐遠

Died AD 570

Passages
8
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xu Yuan as an administrator, named individual, and official. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xu Yuan 徐遠 Xu Yuan
Courtesy Yanxia 彥遐 Yanxia
Surname Xu
Given Yuan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Named Individual
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: died / 卒 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武平初 · Western Year: AD 570
    Explicit · beiqishu:025:s0119

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 天保初 · Western Year: AD 550
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:025:s0113
  • Source Date: Text: 天統二年 · Western Year: AD 566
    Explicit · beiqishu:025:s0117
  • Source Date: Text: 天統四年 · Western Year: AD 568
    Explicit · beiqishu:025:s0118
  • Source Date: Text: 武平初 · Western Year: AD 570
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:025:s0119
  • Source Date: Text: 河清二年 · Western Year: AD 563
    Explicit · beiqishu:025:s0116
  • Source Date: Text: 河清初 · Western Year: AD 562
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:025:s0115

Family

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  • Descendant of Xu Ding (徐定)
    Kinship Term: great-grandfather / 曾祖 · Generation Distance: 3 · Line: paternal · Parentage: biological
  • Parent of Xu Shirong (徐世榮)
    Kinship Term: eldest son / 長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 1
  • Child of Father of Xu Yuan (徐遠父)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: governor of Eastern Chuzhou / 東楚州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 河清二年 · Western Year: AD 563
    Explicit · beiqishu:025:s0116
  • Label: cavalry staff officer of the chancellor's office / 丞相騎兵參軍事 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:025:s0111
  • Status: impeached · Action: pardoned-by-amnesty · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天保初 · Western Year: AD 550
    Explicit · beiqishu:025:s0113

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: disaster-relief · Role: governor · Action: aided-fire-victims · Place: Eastern Chu / 東楚
    Explicit · beiqishu:025:s0121

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: lenient and kind in governance · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · beiqishu:025:s0120

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 25Volume 25 Biographies 17: Zhang Zuan; Zhang Liang; Zhang Yao; Zhang Qi; Xu Yuan; Wang Jun; Wang Hong · 8 passages