Overview
The translated histories identify Xun Xu as an official and statesman. This record brings together 4 passages from 4 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Xun Xu | 荀勗 | Xún Xù |
| Title | Grand Tutor | 太保 | |
| Given | Xu | 勗 | Xù |
| Surname | Xun | 荀 | Xún |
| Clan | Xun clan | 荀氏 | Xún shì |
| Personal name | Xun Xu | 勗 | Xún Xù |
| Personal name | Xun Xu | 荀勗 | Xún Xù |
| Personal name | Xun Xu | 荀勗 | Xun Xu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · liangshu:047:s0036, nanqishu:016:s0009
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · nanqishu:056:s0013
Roles
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 少帝時引述昔事 · Western Interval: Start: AD 422 · End: AD 426Explicit event contextual date · songshu:073:s0022, songshu:073:s0023
- Source Date: Text: 晉 · Western Interval: Start: AD 265 · End: AD 420Strongly inferred · liangshu:047:s0036
- Source Date: Text: 晉世荀勗 · Western Interval: Start: AD 265 · End: AD 289Strongly inferred · nanqishu:016:s0009
- Source Date: Text: 西晉 · Western Interval: Start: AD 265 · End: AD 300Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0013
Family
- Ancestor of Xun Jiang (荀匠)Kinship Term: ninth-generation descendant / 九世孫 · Generation Distance: 9 · Line: paternal
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Jin / 晉 · Relation: servedExplicit · liangshu:047:s0036
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: instigator · Action: envied and banished Ruan Xian to Shiping · Other Person Id: Ruan Xian (阮咸) · Provenance: Mode: quoted-historical-example · Source Person Id: Xie Hui (謝晦)Explicit · songshu:073:s0023
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · nanqishu:016:s0009
References in the histories
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