Xu Wen (徐溫) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xu Wen was a Shengfu Military Governor.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Death

Stated true · Qualifier former/deceased at time of edict
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 85

Attested activity

AD 905 天祐二年前後
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 17, passages 160, 171
AD 907 to AD 927 故升府節度使
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 85
AD 902 to AD 927 故升府節度使徐溫
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 32
AD 908 to AD 915 渥遷匡凝後
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 83

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Shengfu military governor 升府節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passages 32, 85
tomb-guarding households 守冢戶
AD 956 庚戌 · Granted posthumously
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 85

Places and affiliations

Polity Wu 吳 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passages 32, 85

Events and relationships

Killed Zhao Kuangning
Killing · Responsible commander · With Zhao Kuangning (趙匡凝)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 171
Posthumous tomb guard grant
AD 956 庚戌 · Ritual · Honoree
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 85
Received posthumous tomb sacrifice
AD 958 顯德五年二月戊辰 · Ritual · Honoree
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 32

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passages 32, 85

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 17Volume 17 Book of Later Liang 17: Biographies 7: Cheng Rui, Du Hong, Tian Yun, Zhao Kuangning, Zhang Ji, Lei Man · 1 passage

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諸將以為慢，渥遣匡凝海陵，後為徐溫所殺。）〉 Officers took it as insult; Wo exiled him to Hailing, where Xu Wen later killed him.)〉

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 118Volume 118 Book of Later Zhou 20: Shizong Annals 5 · 2 passages

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戊辰，遣使祭故淮南節度使楊行密、故升府節度使徐溫等墓。 On wuchen envoys were sent to offer sacrifice at the tombs of the former Huainan military governor Yang Xingmi, the former Shengfu military governor Xu Wen, and others.

庚戌，詔：「故淮南節度使楊行密、故升府節度使徐溫各給守冢戶，應江南臣僚有先代墳墓在江北者，委所在長吏差人檢校。」 On gengxu an edict ordered: "The former Huainan military governor Yang Xingmi and the former Shengfu military governor Xu Wen shall each be granted tomb-guarding households, and where Jiangnan officials had ancestral tombs north of the river the local chief officials should dispatch men to inspect and maintain them."

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 41Volume 41 Miscellaneous Biographies 21: Lu Guangchou, Tan Quanbo, Lei Man, Zhong Chuan, Zhao Kuangning · 1 passage

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諸將以為慢，渥遷匡凝海陵，後為徐溫所殺。 The officers read it as insult. Wo banished him to Hailing. Later Xu Wen had him killed.