Xu Youren

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1. 1322 南臺察院監察御史 至治
2. 1334 治書侍御史 元統
3. 1340 中書省參政 至元

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• 可用 字
• 文忠 諡號

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• [為官者：文]
• 以疾廢

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1. [1] Identity, dates, names, and home Xu Youren lived from 1287 to 1364, was a Yuan figure from Tangyin, used the courtesy name Keyong, received the posthumous name Wenzhong, and was the son of Xu Xizai.
   • CBDBXu Youren (28543)The structured record supplies the English name, life dates, Yuan affiliation, courtesy name, posthumous name, Tangyin birthplace, and father’s name.
   • Souyun許有壬 (40456)The profile and biographical passages confirm the name, dates, Yuan setting, aliases, Zhangde-Tangyin home, and parentage.
   • WikidataXu Youren (Q16904157)The English label, English aliases, and time-valued claims independently match the name and life dates.
2. [2] Early career and examination At twenty Xu was recommended to the Hanlin Academy without appointment, later taught in Kaining Circuit, passed the 1315 jinshi examination, became Tongzhi of Liaozhou, restrained clerks, and redressed wrongful cases.
   • CBDBXu Youren (28543)The examination entry confirms the jinshi status, while the office data identifies the Tongzhi post and Liaozhou.
   • Souyun許有壬 (40456)The three biographical passages together give the Hanlin recommendation, Kaining teaching post, 1315 examination, Liaozhou appointment, treatment of clerks, and reversal of wrongful cases.
3. [3] Censorial and early administrative service Xu served in the Shanbei Surveillance Commission, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Jiangnan Branch Censorate between 1319 and 1322, including an inspection of Guangdong and impeachments of corrupt officials and magnates.
   • Souyun許有壬 (40456)The biographical passage gives the 1319, 1321, and 1322 appointments and the Guangdong inspection; the title list supplies the corresponding offices.
   • CBDBXu Youren (28543)The office record places the Southern Branch Censorate appointment in the second year of Zhizhi and corroborates this stage of his censorial career.
4. [4] Taiding administration During the Taiding period Xu submitted ten proposals, advocated limits on military and fiscal power, sought famine relief, and successively held the two bureau-director posts in 1326.
   • Souyun許有壬 (40456)The biographical passage records the ten proposals, tax and expenditure measures, granary relief, 1324 appointment, and the two 1326 bureau posts.
5. [5] Salt administration and further offices Xu reorganized the Lianghuai salt administration and became a Participant in Secretariat Affairs in 1331; the profile also preserves a broad list of his other offices.
   • Souyun許有壬 (40456)The passage confirms the Lianghuai salt appointment and the 1331 Secretariat post, while the title list supplies the additional offices named in the paragraph.
   • CBDBXu Youren (28543)The office record independently lists the Secretariat, censorial, Hanlin, and Jixian offices represented in this career summary.
6. [6] Examination and legal questions In 1334 Xu held censorial offices and opposed ending the jinshi examination, restoring nose-cutting, and prohibiting Han and Southern Chinese study of Mongolian and Uyghur scripts.
   • Souyun許有壬 (40456)The two biographies describe the 1334 appointment and his court opposition to ending the examination, nose-cutting, and the script restrictions; the profile lists the offices.
   • CBDBXu Youren (28543)The office data records the second-year Yuantong Director of Remonstrance and Archives appointment and the subsequent Secretariat and censorial posts.
7. [7] Resignation and restoration Xu resigned during the Zhiyuan period amid resentment, returned briefly as a Vice Councillor, retired through illness, and was restored in 1340 before becoming Left Chancellor in 1341.
   • Souyun許有壬 (40456)The two biographies together describe the Zhiyuan resignation, illness-related return home, and the restorations and appointments of 1340 and 1341.
   • CBDBXu Youren (28543)The office data lists the Secretariat vice-councillor post and dates the restoration to the sixth year of Zhiyuan.
8. [8] Variant Zhizheng chronology The two biographies give different sequences and dates for the Hanlin, censorial, Henan, and Classics Mat appointments, so both forms are retained.
   • Souyun許有壬 (40456)The two passages respectively place the relevant offices after the sixth year of Zhizheng and between the second and seventh years, producing the chronology noted in the text.
9. [9] Henan service As Left Chancellor of Henan Province in 1353, Xu secured military grain for the campaign against anti-Yuan forces and advocated conciliation of rebel forces.
   • Souyun許有壬 (40456)The biographical passage explicitly gives the 1353 Henan appointment, grain responsibility, and proposal to conciliate rebel forces.
10. [10] High office in 1355 In 1355 Xu was promoted to the Jixian grand academician post, made Vice Privy Councillor and again Left Chancellor, with one account adding the concurrent tutorship of the heir apparent and a title variant for Jixian.
    • Souyun許有壬 (40456)The biographical passages confirm the 1355 Jixian, Privy, and Secretariat appointments, while one passage adds the heir-apparent tutorship and the profile preserves both Jixian forms.
    • CBDBXu Youren (28543)The office record independently lists the high Secretariat, Hanlin, and left-chancellor titles associated with this phase.
11. [11] Retirement and posthumous name Xu retired in 1357 because of age and illness, received a lifelong stipend, died seven years later at seventy-eight, and was posthumously named Wenzhong.
    • Souyun許有壬 (40456)The biographies give the age-and-illness retirement, lifelong stipend, seven-year interval, age at death, and posthumous name.
    • CBDBXu Youren (28543)The structured record gives the 1287 and 1364 dates and the Wenzhong posthumous name.
    • WikidataXu Youren (Q16904157)The time claims independently give the birth and death years as 1287 and 1364.
12. [12] Seven reigns The biographical assessment places Xu’s service across seven reigns and nearly fifty years.
    • Souyun許有壬 (40456)Both biographical passages summarize his career as service across seven reigns for almost fifty years.
13. [13] Family and marriages Xu was the son of Xu Xizai, brother of Xu Youheng and Xu Youfu, and husband first of Zhao Ding and then Zhao Luan; their fathers were Zhao Jianshan and Zhao Shiyan respectively.
    • CBDBXu Youren (28543)The kinship entries identify the father, brothers, two wives, and the two fathers-in-law, including the recorded dates for Xu Youheng, Zhao Ding, Zhao Luan, and Zhao Shiyan.
    • Souyun許有壬 (40456)The biographical passage explicitly identifies Xu Youren as Xu Xizai’s son.
    • WikidataXu Youren (Q16904157)The relationship claims additionally identify a father and two spouse relationships.
14. [14] Children and in-laws The kinship data names Xu Zhen as his son, Xu as a niece, and Zhao Shu as her husband, with Zhao Shu’s death in 1359.
    • CBDBXu Youren (28543)The kinship entries identify Xu Zhen as son, Xu as niece, Zhao Shu as the niece’s husband, and give the recorded death year for Zhao Shu.
    • WikidataXu Youren (Q16904157)The relationship claims additionally include a child relationship.
15. [15] Recommendations and prefaces Xu recommended Zhao Shiyan, Wu Bing, and Chen Yizeng and wrote prefaces for works by Zhang Yanghao, Song Jiong, Song Ben, and Liu E.
    • CBDBXu Youren (28543)The association entries list the three recommendations and the preface relationships for Zhang Yanghao, Song Jiong, Song Ben, and Liu E.
16. [16] Calligraphy and literary assessment The biographical account praises Xu’s calligraphy and prose and preserves evaluations by Ouyang Yuangong and Jie Manshuo of his style, reputation, and use of poetry to express frustration.
    • Souyun許有壬 (40456)The literary biographies describe his calligraphy and prose and preserve the assessments by Ouyang Yuangong and Jie Manshuo concerning his writing and poetry.
17. [17] Guitang Villa Late in life Xu bought the old Kang garden with granted money, named it Guitang Villa, and gathered relatives and guests there for wine and verse whose circulation became widespread.
    • Souyun許有壬 (40456)The literary biography gives the purchase and naming of Guitang Villa and the gatherings, drinking, verse composition, and wide circulation of the poems.
18. [18] Works and compilation Zhizheng ji consisted of one hundred juan; Xu Youfu compiled Xu’s exchange and travel poems into Guitang xiaogao when the large collection could not be gathered before Zhen’s hurried departure south.
    • Souyun許有壬 (40456)The literary biography states that Zhizheng ji had one hundred juan and explains Youfu’s compilation of the exchange and travel poems as Guitang xiaogao after the material was not gathered in time.
    • CBDBXu Youren (28543)The works list includes Zhizheng ji and the Guitang xiaogao grouping, while the kinship entry identifies Youfu as the younger brother.
19. [19] Variant title The work appears under both Guitang xiaogao and the form Guitang xiaogao written with 唐, which is preserved in the Chinese title in the text.
    • Souyun許有壬 (40456)Both biographical passages use the title Guitang xiaogao in the 圭塘 form.
    • CBDBXu Youren (28543)The works-list value gives the alternative 圭唐 form alongside the collection labels.