Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Attendant Commandant

Xu Chao 許超

Attested AD 300

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xu Chao was an Attendant Commandant.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 300 太子既廢後
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 53, passage 108

Career and standing

Attendant Commandant 常從督
Held
Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 108

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 23: Crown Prince Minhuai · 1 passage

右衛督司馬雅，宗室之疏屬也，與常從督許超並有寵于太子，二人深傷之，說趙王倫謀臣孫秀曰：「國無適嗣，社稷將危，大臣之禍必起。 Right Guard Commandant Sima Ya and Attendant Commandant Xu Chao, both favorites of the crown prince, grieved deeply; they told Sun Xiu, stratagemist to Prince Zhao of Lun: "The state has no true heir—altar and grain will be imperiled; great ministers' disaster is sure to rise.