Xu Fang (徐坊) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xu Fang was a Son of Xu Yanxu.

PeriodQing

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Wusheng	梧生	Wusheng
Posthumous name	Zhongqin	忠勤	Zhongqin

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 183

Attested activity

AD 1884 光緒十年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 458, passage 56
AD 1900 光緒二十六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 178
AD 1884 光緒十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 175

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Xu Yanxu (徐延旭)
father 父
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 173; Draft History of Qing 458, passage 56
Child of Mother of Xu Fang
mother 母
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 176

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Career and standing

principal clerk in the Ministry of Revenue 戶部主事
Purchased
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 174
posthumous name Zhongqin 諡忠勤
Bestowed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 183

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing · Relation Active in
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 458, passage 56
At Linqing prefecture, Shandong 山東臨清州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 173

Events and relationships

Attended imprisoned father and buried him
AD 1884 光緒十年 · Personal · Caregiver · With Xu Yanxu (徐延旭)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passages 175-177

Assessments and attributes

Assessment filial son · Mode named-source-report
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 177

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 458Volume 458 Biographies 245: Xu Yanxu, Tang Jiong, He Jing, Zhang Zhaodong · 1 passage

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子坊，自有傳。 His son Fang is treated in a separate biography.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 472Volume 472 Biographies 259: Lu Runxiang, Shi Xu, Yi Ketan, Liang Dingfen, Xu Fang, Lao Naixuan, Shen Cengzhi · 5 passages

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徐坊，字梧生，山東臨清州人，巡撫延旭子。 Xu Fang, whose courtesy name was Wusheng, came from Linqing prefecture in Shandong; he was the son of Governor Yan Xu.

坊侍至京師，入則慰母，出則省延旭於獄，橐饘之事，皆自任之，布衣蔬食，言輒流涕。 Fang followed him to the capital; at home he comforted his mother, abroad he visited Yan Xu in prison; he undertook all the work of carrying provisions himself, wore coarse cloth and ate plain food, and wept whenever he spoke.

延旭戍新疆，未出都卒，坊扶柩歸葬，徒行泥淖中，道路嘆為孝子。 Yan Xu was to be exiled to Xinjiang; before leaving the capital he died, and Fang carried the coffin home for burial, walking through mud and mire—travelers on the road marveled at him as a filial son.

旋命行走毓慶宮，坊已久病，力疾入直。 Soon he was ordered to serve at the Yuqing Palace; Fang had long been ill, yet forced himself through illness to take up duty.

未幾，卒，諡忠勤。 Before long he died and was given the posthumous name Zhongqin.