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Xu Fei
Liang official and poet, courtesy name Jingye, second son of Xu Mian and husband of the poet Liu Lingxian, died in 524 as Grand Administrator of Jin'an.
In a study at night, a desk holds a brush pot, a porcelain vase with a plum branch, a lit red lantern, a folded fan and an unrolled blank scroll, with no one seated there, while through a round window the moon rises over a lake with a sailboat.
Also known as Jingye
Xu Fei, courtesy name Jingye, was from Tan in Donghai and the second son of Xu Mian; he was quick-witted and wrote well. He served as editor, crown prince's aide, steward and household secretary, long in charge of correspondence. Because of a foot ailment he went out as companion to Xiao Yi, Prince of Xiangdong, and rose to Grand Administrator of Jin'an, dying in office in 524. His wife Liu Lingxian, daughter of Liu Hui, was also a poet, and the grieving Xu Mian wrote a Reply to a Guest. A few of his poems are in the Yutai xinyong.
Life and times
Dates Born unknown; died 524 CE