Xu Chengyu (徐承煜) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xu Chengyu was an official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Nanshi	楠士	Nanshi

Life and dates

Death

AD 1901 明年正月
executed 正法 · At Caishikou 菜市
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 465, passages 184, 186

Attested activity

AD 1900 二十六年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 465, passages 28, 180
AD 1897 光緒二十三年九月甲辰
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 195, passages 268, 277
AD 1898 光緒二十四年十月癸未
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 195, passages 279, 288
AD 1901 明年正月
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 465, passage 184

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Xu Tong (徐桐)
son 子
father 父
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 465, passages 28, 101, 180

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Career and standing

Left Deputy Censor-in-Chief 左副都御史
AD 1897 光緒二十三年九月甲辰 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 195, passage 277
junior secretary in Ministry of Revenue 戶部小京官
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 465, passage 179
Left Vice Minister of Justice 刑部左侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 465, passage 179
Director 郎中
Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 465, passage 179

Places and affiliations

Qing 清
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 195, passages 277, 288
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 465, passage 177
At Shuntian prefect yamen 順天府尹署 · Relation Detained at
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 465, passage 184

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential senior licentiate by recommendation 拔貢
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 465, passage 178

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Xu Tong (徐桐)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 465, passages 180-182

Events and relationships

Oversaw executions
AD 1900 二十六年 · Legal · Supervisor · With Yuan Chang (袁昶)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 465, passage 28
Seized by Japanese
AD 1900 聯軍入 · Military · Captive
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 465, passages 101, 184
Transferred
AD 1898 光緒二十四年十月癸未 · Personnel · Official
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 195, passage 288

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 195Volume 195 Tables 35: Ministers of Boards and Courts Chronological Table 9 Lower · 2 passages

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壽昌八月遷。九月甲辰徐承煜左副都御史。 In the eighth month, Shouchang was transferred. On the jiachen day of the ninth month, Xu Chengyu: Left Deputy Censor-in-Chief.

徐承煜十月癸未遷。十一月壬戌葛寶華左副都御史。 On the guiwei day of the tenth month, Xu Chengyu was transferred. On the renxu day of the eleventh month, Ge Baohua: Left Deputy Censor-in-Chief.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 465Volume 465 Biographies 252: Xu Tong With: Yu Shi, Yu Shi Son: Cheng Yu, Gang Yi, Zhao Shuqiao, Qi Xiu, Ying Nian, Yu Lu With: Ting Yong, Yu Xian With: Li Tingxiao · 6 passages

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時其子監刑，揚揚頗自得。 His son Chengyu oversaw the executions, swaggering with evident satisfaction.

承煜，字楠士。 Chengyu, whose style was Nanshi.

已，聯軍入，桐倉皇失措，承煜請曰：「父芘拳匪，外人至，必不免，失大臣體。 When the allied armies entered Beijing, Xu Tong panicked. Chengyu urged him: "Father sheltered the Boxers; when the foreigners arrive you cannot escape without disgracing your rank.

而承煜遂亡走，為日軍所拘，置之順天府尹署，與啟秀俱明年正月正法。 Chengyu fled but was seized by Japanese troops and held at the Shuntian prefect's yamen; he and Qi Xiu were executed the following first month.

命下，日軍官置酒為餞，傳詔旨，承煜色變，口呼冤，痛詆西人不已。 When the order came, a Japanese officer offered wine and read the edict; Chengyu turned pale, cried injustice, and bitterly denounced the Westerners.

日本軍拘啟秀及徐承煜嚴守之，承煜，桐子也。 Japanese troops seized Qi Xiu and Xu Chengyu and held them under close guard; Chengyu was Xu Tong's son.