Overview
Xu Xiaosu was a Filial Son.
Life and dates
Death
- Died at the grave site after more than forty years of mourning residenceDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 251
Attested activity
- AD 581 to AD 618 Sui-period chapter header contextDerived from the source · Book of Sui 72, passage 243
- AD 581 to AD 618 undated Sui-period biographyDated from the passage context · Book of Sui 72, passages 244-252
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Father of Xu Xiaosu (徐孝肅父)father 父Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 247
- Child of Mother of Xu Xiaosu (徐孝肅母)mother 母Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 247-250
- Sibling of Debei (德備)younger brother 弟 · Full siblingsDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 252
- Kinship Role grandparents · Count 2Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 251
Places and affiliations
- Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Subject ofStrongly inferred · Book of Sui 72, passage 244
- At Ji commandery 汲郡Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 244
- At grave site of grandparents and parents 墓所 · Relation Resided atDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 251
Works and attributed material
- Narrative · Subject · silent-subject continuation of Xiaosu biographyDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 248, 251
Events and relationships
- Carried earth to build grandparents and parents tombsRitual · BuilderDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 251
- Had father portrait painted and enshrinedRitual · CommissionerDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 247
- Judged clan disputesLegal · Arbiter · At within the clan 宗黨Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 246
- Lived at graves over forty years unbound hair barefootRitual · MournerDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 251
- Morning evening attendance and new and full moon sacrificeRitual · MournerDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 247
- Nursed ill mother for yearsPersonal · CaregiverDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 249
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- Severe mourning diet and dress after mother deathRitual · MournerDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 250
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment famed for filial devotion to kin · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 245
- frugal by nature amid a clan that competed in luxuryCharacterDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 245
- Item portrait of his father 形像 · Relation CommissionedDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 247
- Item shrine for father's portrait 廟 · Relation BuiltDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 247
References in the histories
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