Qing · Official and Grand Secretary

Xu Yuanwen 徐元文

Attested AD 1684 - AD 1690

Passages
6
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xu Yuanwen as an official and statesman. This record brings together 6 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xu Yuanwen 徐元文 Xu Yuanwen
Surname Xu Xu
Given Yuanwen 元文 Yuanwen

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Kinship Role: sons and younger relatives · Quantity: plural-unspecified

Career and standing

  • Label: Grand Secretary / 大學士 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1689
  • Label: Left Censor-in-Chief / 左都御史 · Action: demoted-from · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二十三年 · Western Year: AD 1684
  • Label: Grand Secretary / 大學士 · Action: held
  • Status: retired · Action: granted

Places and affiliations

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 271Volume 271 Biographies 58: Xu Qianxue, Wang Hongxu, Gao Shiqi · 4 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 275Volume 275 Biographies 62: Ge Er Gu De, Zhao Shilin, Guo Shilong, Fu Lata, Ma Rulong · 2 passages