Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Administrator

Xu Yuan 許元

Attested AD 1041 - AD 1063

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xu Yuan was an official and Administrator.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1041 to AD 1063 初，發運使許元自淮陰開新河
Uncertain · History of Song 96, passage 41

Career and standing

transport commissioner 發運使
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 41

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Song 96, passage 41
At Huaiyin 淮陰 · Relation Posted to
Strongly inferred · History of Song 96, passage 41

Events and relationships

Opened a new forty nine li channel from Huaiyin to Hongze to bypass the Huai
Hydraulic · Builder · At Huaiyin 淮陰
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 41

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 96Volume 96 Treatises 49: Rivers and Canals 6 · 1 passage

初，發運使許元自淮陰開新河，屬之洪澤，避長淮之險，凡四十九里。 Earlier, transport commissioner Xu Yuan had cut a new channel from Huaiyin to Hongze Lake, forty-nine li in all, to bypass the dangers of the main Huai.