Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Figure named in the historian's appraisal

Xu Zongzhi 許宗之

First attested AD 450; died AD 456

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Overview

Xu Zongzhi was a Figure named in the historian's appraisal.

IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Wei

Life and dates

Death

  • AD 456 太安二年冬
    Execution · At south of the capital 都南 · From Source Date: Text: 太安二年冬 · Western Year: AD 456
    Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 52

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Family

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Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment deceitful and outrageous; deserving death penalty · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Yi Ba (伊馛)
    Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 51
  • Assessment The lineage was not preserved and brought misfortune upon itself. · Mode historian-judgment · 宗之不全，自貽伊戚
    Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 241

Source notes

References in the histories

10 passages

Book of Wei, Chapter 51Volume 46: Dou Jin, Xu Yan, Li Xin · 10 passages
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事下有司，司空伊馛等以宗之腹心近臣，出居方伯，不能宣揚本朝，盡心綏導，而侵損齊民，枉殺良善，妄列無辜，上塵朝廷，誣詐不道，理合極刑。 The matter was handed to the judicial offices. Minister of Works Yi Ba and others argued that Zongzhi, though a trusted confidant sent out as a regional commander, had failed to proclaim the court's policies or to govern the people with care. Instead he had preyed on the populace, killed an innocent man, and falsely accused the blameless, thereby shaming the throne through deceit and outrage deserving of the death penalty.