Xu Ze (徐則) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xu Ze as a hermit, named individual, philosopher, and religious leader. This record brings together 20 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xu Ze	徐則	Xu Ze
Title	Master Xu of Donghai	東海徐先生
Surname	Xu	徐	Xu
Surname	Xu	徐	Xú
Personal name	Xu Ze	徐則	Xu Ze
Personal name	Xu Ze	徐則	Xú Zé
Given	Ze	則	Zé
Given	Ze	則	Ze

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · beishi:088:s0187, suishu:077:s0169
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · beishi:088:s0266, suishu:077:s0253

Roles

Hermit
Named Individual
Philosopher
Religious Leader
Teacher

Life and dates

Death

Age: 82 · Manner: corpse liberation / spiritual transformation · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 晉王召後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 590 · End: AD 600
Explicit · suishu:077:s0193, suishu:077:s0207
Explicit · beishi:088:s0217, beishi:088:s0234

Age

Age: 81 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 吾今年八十一 · Western Interval: Start: AD 590 · End: AD 600
Explicit · suishu:077:s0189
Age: 82 · Reckoning: sui
Explicit · suishu:077:s0207
Years: 81 · Reckoning: sui
Explicit · beishi:088:s0214
Years: 82 · Reckoning: sui
Explicit · beishi:088:s0234

Attested activity

Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 618 · Source Date: Text: 史臣曰
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:077:s0253
Source Date: Text: 晉王廣鎮揚州 · Western Interval: Start: AD 590 · End: AD 600
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:077:s0179
Source Date: Text: 晉王廣鎮揚州 · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 604
Explicit · beishi:088:s0198
Source Date: Text: 論曰 · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 618
Uncertain · beishi:088:s0266
Source Date: Text: 陳太建中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 569 · End: AD 582
Explicit · beishi:088:s0193
Source Date: Text: 陳太建時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 569 · End: AD 582
Explicit · suishu:077:s0175

Family

Kinship Role: wives · Count: 0 · Negated: true
Explicit · beishi:088:s0192

Career and standing

Status: recluse · Label: deep obscurity / 沉冥 · Action: held
Explicit · suishu:077:s0253
Status: unmarried · Action: maintained
Explicit · suishu:077:s0174
Status: hermit
Explicit · beishi:088:s0190

Places and affiliations

Place: Tan, Donghai Commandery / 東海郯
Explicit · suishu:077:s0169
Place: Tan, Donghai / 東海郯
Explicit · beishi:088:s0187
Place: Mount Jinyun / 縉雲山 · Relation: resided-at
Explicit · suishu:077:s0172
Place: Mount Tiantai / 天臺山 · Relation: resided-at
Explicit · suishu:077:s0176
Place: Zhizhen Abbey / 至真觀 · Relation: stayed-at
Explicit · suishu:077:s0175

Learning and skills

Label: studied under Zhou Hongzheng; Three Mysterious Learning / 受業于周弘正，善三玄
Explicit · suishu:077:s0171
Belief: Daoism / 道 · Relation: adherent-of
Explicit · beishi:088:s0195, beishi:088:s0216

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: author
Explicit · beishi:088:s0189, beishi:088:s0214, beishi:088:s0232

Events and relationships

Kind: corpse-liberation · Role: transformed
Explicit · beishi:088:s0231, beishi:088:s0233, beishi:088:s0234
Kind: summons-to-yangzhou · Role: invitee · Other Person Id: Yang Guang (楊廣)
Explicit · beishi:088:s0215
Relation: student-of · Person Id: Zhou Hongzheng (周弘正)
Explicit · beishi:088:s0188
Relation: student-of · Person Id: Zhou Hongzheng (周弘正)
Explicit · suishu:077:s0171

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: aim lay in deep obscurity; none could draw near or push away, or make noble or base · Label: aim lay in deep obscurity / 志在沉冥，不可親疏，莫能貴賤 · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · suishu:077:s0253
Assessment: embraced simplicity · Label: man who embraced simplicity / 抱樸之士 · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · suishu:077:s0253
Assessment: intent lay in deep obscurity; neither closeness nor distance, nobility nor baseness could affect him; embraced simplicity · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · beishi:088:s0266
Assessment: 屍解地仙 — corpse-dissolving earthly immortal · Provenance: Mode: quoted-speech · Source Person Id: Yang Guang (楊廣)
Explicit · beishi:088:s0224