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| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xu Wen | 徐溫 |
서온 (쉬원) |
Xu Wen(徐溫, 862~927) was a major general and regent of Wu(吳) during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period(五代十國時代). In 908, he assassinated Prince Wu(吳王) Yang Wo(楊渥) and seized power. However, he was also assassinated by Zhang Hao(張顥) in the following year. After his adoptive son Xu Zhigao(徐知誥) founded the Southern Tang(南唐), he was posthumously honored Emperor Wu (武皇帝) with the temple name Yizu(義祖). | 서온(徐溫), 돈미(敦美) |
| Xu Wenbi | 徐文璧 |
서문벽 (쉬원비) |
(?-1602). The seventh Duke of Dingguo (定國公) of the Ming. In 1583 he was promoted to junior guardian (少保) cuncurrently with Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent (太子太保) | 정국공(定國公) |
| Xu Xi | 徐禧 |
서희 (쉬시) |
Xu Xi(徐禧, 1035~1082) was an official of the Song Dynasty. He came from Fenning county(汾寧縣), Hong Prefecture(洪州). He was the brother-in-law of Huang Tingjian(黃庭堅). In the reign of Emperor Shenzong(神宗), he compiled Strategem of Peace(太平治策) and submitted it to the emperor. He was killed in the Battle of Yonglecheng(永樂城) at the age of 48. | 서희(徐禧), 덕점(德佔) |
| Xu Xi | 徐熙 |
서희 (쉬시) |
Xu Xi(徐熙, 886-975) was a prominent painter of the Southern Tang(南唐) during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period(五代十國時代). It is said that he made hundreds of paintings; however, only a few remain extant. During his lifetime, his paintings were depreciated, but after his death, they were highly valued by Emperor Taizu(太祖) of the Song Dynasty(宋). | 서희(徐熙) |
| Xu Xiu | 許秀 |
허수 (쉬시우) |
Xu Xiu(許秀) was a commoner of the Ming(明) who was a prisoner of the Japanese and was later saved by the naval forces of Joseon(朝鮮) during the reign of Myeongjong(明宗) | 허수(許秀) |
| Xu Yaduan | 徐亞端 |
서아단 (쉬야돤) |
One of the Ming commoners who was taken captive by Japanese pirates and fled to Joseon. He was settled in Wonju (原州) by the Joseon authorities in 1414. | 아단(亞端) |
| Xu Yiguan | 徐一貫 |
서일관 (쉬이관) |
One of the commanders (指揮) dispatched to Joseon during the Imjin War(or Hideyoshi's Invasion). | 서(徐) |
| Xu Yihou | 許儀後 |
허의후 (쉬이허우) |
A Fujian 福建 merchant. In 1592, he presented an erroneous report to Ming officials that Josoen had conspired with Japan in order to invade China. | 의후(儀後), 허의후(許儀後) |
| Xu You | 許攸 |
허유 (쉬여우) |
(d. 204 CE). A strategist who served Yuan Shao 袁紹 at the end of the Eastern Han period. | 자원(Ziyuan 子遠) |
| Xu Yuan | 許遠 |
허원 (쉬위안) |
Xu Yuan(許遠, 709-757) was a loyalist of the Tang Dynasty who fought against An Lushan(安祿山)'s forces. Born in Hang prefecture(杭州), he became jinshi in the Kaiyuan era(開元年間). In 755, when An Lushan rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, he was appointed Governor of Suiyang(睢陽太守). He defended Suiyang(睢陽) against An Lushan's large army for a year. However he was defeated, captured, and executed. | 원(遠), 허원(許遠) |
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