When Xu (19) | the Song Dynasty, Xu Jingzong's descendants were full of talents, and some of the branches moved to the south to multiply

During the Song Dynasty, there were about 520,000 people in the national Xu surname, ranking 26th, and Henan was the largest province with the Xu surname with nearly 80,000 people, followed by Shandong, Jiangxi, Hebei, Zhejiang, Fujian and Hunan. By the time of the Yuan Dynasty, people surnamed Xu appeared among ethnic minorities.

During the Song and Yuan dynasties, people surnamed Xu mainly migrated from Jiangxi to the southern provinces, and from Fujian, Guangdong and other places to overseas.

Xu Di was not afraid of the powerful, and captured and flogged the sons of officials who were fish and meat people

Xu Jingzong's descendant Xu Gui had 3 sons: Xu Sui, Xu Ti, and Xu Yi.

Xu Di (許逖), courtesy name Jingshan, served as an overseer of the Imperial History of the Later Tang Dynasty of the Five Dynasties as a young man. After the fall of the Later Tang Dynasty, Xu Ti dedicated his writings to the imperial court and was summoned to serve as the chief bookkeeper of Ji County (汲县, in modern Weihui, Henan). Later, he was promoted to secretary of the provincial school secretary, presided over the affairs of the county, and repeatedly wrote to the imperial court to discuss the defense affairs of the north.

After two years, Xu Di was appointed as the Taibu Temple Servant ( ) , Grinding ( regularly inspecting the achievements of officials , in order to determine promotions ) money and grain and grass , and supervising Yongcheng and Ling ( the government distributed grain to the common people in the name of bargaining for bargaining ). Three years later, due to his outstanding political achievements, he was promoted to Dali Temple, and later promoted to Taichang Cheng to preside over the affairs of Dingzhou.

After many promotions and transfers, Xu Di went to Yangzhou to preside over affairs. At that time, many high-ranking officials settled their homes in Yangzhou, and the children of officials relied on their status as powerful people to fish and flesh the people, causing the families of the common people to be destroyed. Not fearing the powerful, Xu Di arrested and flogged the most serious of them: "I am educating you in place of your father and brother!" "The children of officials are ashamed and embarrassed, and the social atmosphere in Yangzhou has greatly improved."

In the 2nd year of Jiayou (1057), Xu Di died at the age of 69.

The allusion of "Xu Yuan calling nails" in the manufacturing industry comes from Xu Yuan

Xu Di had 5 sons: Xu Ke, Xu Hui, Xu Yi, Xu Yuan, and Xu Ping, and the 5 brothers were knowledgeable and of good character, all of whom were officials in the dynasty.

Portrait of Xu Yuan (file photo)

Xu Yuan, the character Zi Chun, is known for filial piety. Xu Yuan's friendship with celebrities at that time, such as Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan, was extraordinary.

In the early years of the Song Renzong Qing calendar, Fan Zhongyan recommended Xu Yuan to be the judge of the Zhejiang Jinghuai system and transportation, responsible for collecting the tea salt tax and transporting grain to the Beijing division. Due to his outstanding political achievements, Xu Yuan was later promoted to the post of shipping envoy.

During Xu Yuan's tenure, he found that there were boats that often fell apart and sank while driving in the river. He suspected that the craftsmen who built the ships cut corners and used less nails. But this is only speculation, without any evidence. To this end, he pondered for a long time and came up with a good idea.

On this day, Xu Yuan suddenly appeared in the shipbuilder's room, pointed to a freshly built ship, and asked someone to drag it out and set it on fire. Then, iron nails were picked out of the ash pile, and once the scale was weighed, it was found that only one-tenth of the amount of nails applied. The evidence was in front of him, and the owner of the boat had to confess his guilt, and Xu Yuan sent him to death according to the procedure without mercy. After that, Xu Yuan solemnly stated that the specified number must be used as the amount of nails used by each ship.

This is the allusion to the "Xu Yuan nail" in the manufacturing industry, and it is also the source of the "material quota". Xu Yuan's practice later became a general principle in the manufacturing industry.

After Xu Yuan's death, Ouyang Xiu wrote the Biography of Xu Yuan and the Epitaph of Xu Yuan. What few people know is that Xu Yuan and Teng Zijing, who rebuilt the Yueyang Tower, are the sons and daughters of the children, and Xu Yuan's daughter is married to Teng Zijing's fourth son, Teng Xiya. After the death of Xu Yuan's son Xu Zongmeng, the epitaph was written by Teng Xiya.

Xu Ping's talent is outstanding, and he is strongly recommended by Fan Zhongyan and others

Xu Ping and Wang Anshi had a deep friendship, outstanding talent since childhood, able to speak eloquently, and were praised like his elder brother Xu Yuan, who praised him for "plotting enough to seize the three armies".

During the Baoyuan period, the imperial court recruited talents, and Fan Zhongyan and others strongly recommended Xu Ping. After the open selection examination, Xu Ping became the master bookkeeper of Hailing County, Taizhou. After arriving at the post, Xu Ping fulfilled his duties and did a good job.

But Xu Ping's career path was not as smooth as Xu Yuan's, and he died at the age of 59. After Xu Ping's death, Wang Anshi specially wrote for him the "Epitaph of Xu Jun, the Master Book of Hailing County, Taizhou", which often appeared in the middle school Chinese exam questions.

Xu Ping's great-grandson was xu dun, the character Xi Dao, who had served as the county magistrate of Qinghe County. He lived in an era when the Jin army was moving south and the Northern Song Dynasty was in decline.

After the Jingkang Rebellion, the Song Dynasty crossed south, and Xu Dun followed him first to Lin'an (present-day Hangzhou, Zhejiang), and then to Wuxi, where he settled in a place called Hexi and became the ancestor of the Xu clan in Xishan.

Since then, Xu Dun's Xu surname has multiplied and spread in Wuxi, and has migrated south to north, with a total of 25 jinshi and 47 juren.

Xu Dezhi once oversaw the rebellion against Fang La

Xu Dun's eldest son, Xu Dezhi (許德之), whose original name was Huan (桓), was a scholar in the first year of Shao Sheng's reign (1094) and served as the Governor of Wuzhou (present-day Wuyi, Jinhua, Zhejiang) as a scholar of The Pavilion of Xianmo. Just in time to encounter the Fang La uprising, Zeng oversaw the army to attack Fang La.

In the 4th year of Chongning (1105), Xu Dezhi opposed the "Huashi Gang" of Zhu Zhen and others, and Shangshu impeached Zhu Zhen and Tong Guan, and was demoted to the position of Sihu of Penn Prefecture (present-day Binyang, Guangxi).

Entering the Southern Song Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong of Song restored Xu Dezhi's official position. After Xu Dezhi's death, he was posthumously awarded the title of Chaofeng Dafu (朝奉大夫), a scholar of Zhu Guo, Xianmu Ge and Hubu Shangshu.

One of Xu De's doors produced 4 jinshi: Xu Dezhi, younger brother Xu Yanzhi, son Xu Shen, and grandson Xu Shou.

Xu Dezhi wrote a "Record of Xu She" in the 5th year of Xuanhe (1123), and Hexi has since been called Xu She, and the people of Wuxi have called Xu Sheli, and this place name has been passed down to this day.

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