Qin and Han · Official

Xu Jia 許嘉

Attested BC 20

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xu Jia was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 20 平恩侯許嘉
Directly stated · Book of Han 69, passage 157

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Daughter of Xu Jia (許嘉女)
daughter 女
Directly stated · Book of Han 69, passage 157
Sibling of Empress (皇后)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Han 69, passage 157

Career and standing

Marquis of Ping'en
平恩侯
Directly stated · Book of Han 69, passage 157

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 69Volume 59: Zhang Tang · 1 passage

放取皇后弟平恩侯許嘉女，上為放供張，賜甲第，充以乘輿服飾，號為天子取婦，皇后嫁女。 Zhang Fang married the daughter of Xu Jia, the Marquis of Ping'en and younger brother of the empress. The emperor staged the wedding himself, granted a mansion of the first rank, and filled it with wardrobe and ornaments from the imperial workshops, so that courtiers quipped it was as if the Son of Heaven had taken a bride and the empress had given her daughter away.