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Xu Mian
Liang minister from Tan in Donghai who served the Qi and Liang and rose to Left Vice Director and Director of the Secretariat; his verse is in the Yutai xinyong.
In a council hall, a long table holds an unrolled map scroll, a brass-cornered chest and a brush pot, with tall-backed chairs around it and a bronze lamp at the left; a figure stands with their back turned on the balcony at the right, with palace roofs beyond.
Also known as Courtesy name Xiuren · Posthumous title Jiansu
Xu Mian, courtesy name Xiuren, came from Tan in Donghai and was a Liang minister, born in 465 and dying in December 535. He was an erudite of the Imperial Academy under the Southern Qi, and under the Liang held posts as Secretariat Gentleman, Minister of Personnel, Left Vice Director of the Masters of Writing and Director of the Secretariat; he was posthumously made Grand Master of Splendid Happiness with the title Jiansu. His works include court diaries and the Collection of Women, and the Yutai xinyong includes his Song of Gathering Water Chestnuts.
Life and times
Dates 465 CE–535 CE