Xu Miao

Xu Miao (172–249),[lower-alpha 1] courtesy name Jingshan, was an official of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He started his career in the late Eastern Han dynasty under the warlord Cao Cao, who was the de facto head of the Han central government in that period. After the end of the Han dynasty in 220, Xu Miao served under Cao Cao's son and successor, Cao Pi, who established the Cao Wei state with himself as the emperor. He lived through the reigns of three Wei emperors – Cao Pi, Cao Rui and Cao Fang – and held various high offices in the Wei government.

Xu Miao
徐邈
Household Counsellor (光祿大夫)
In office ? (?) – 249 (249)
Monarch	Cao Fang
Colonel-Director of Retainers (司隸校尉)
In office 240 (240) – ? (?)
Monarch	Cao Fang
Minister of Finance (大司農)
In office 240 (240) – ? (?)
Monarch	Cao Fang
General Who Establishes Might (建威將軍)
In office ? (?) – ? (?)
Monarch	Cao Rui / Cao Fang
Colonel Who Protects the Qiang (護羌校尉)
In office 227 (227) – ? (?)
Monarch	Cao Rui
Inspector of Liang Province (涼州刺史)
In office 227 (227) – ? (?)
Monarch	Cao Rui
Military Adviser to the Senior General Who Pacifies the Army (撫軍大將軍軍師)
In office ? (?) – ? (?)
Monarch	Cao Pi
Personal details
Born	172[lower-alpha 1] Jizhou District, Tianjin
Died	249 (aged 77)[lower-alpha 1]
Children	Xu Wu Wang Jun's wife
Occupation	Official
Courtesy name	Jingshan (景山)
Posthumous name	Marquis Mu (穆侯)
Peerage	Marquis of a Chief Village (都亭侯)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Xu.

See also

• Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms

Notes

1. Xu Miao's biography in the Sanguozhi recorded that he died at the age of 78 (by East Asian age reckoning) in the 1st year of the Jiaping era (249-254) of Cao Fang's reign.[1] By calculation, his year of birth should be 172.

References

1. (嘉平元年，年七十八，以大夫薨于家，用公禮葬，謚曰穆侯。) Sanguozhi vol. 27.

• Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
• Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).