徐秋 / Xu Qiu (Guangling late Han)

Overview

徐秋 / Xu Qiu (Guangling late Han) enters the wiki as the former Guangling administrator who receives the 传国玉玺 after 袁术’s death and sends it back to the court.

Current Profile

Hanji 1033 gives Xu Qiu a narrow symbolic role. The seal had helped Yuan Shu imagine an imperial claim, but after Yuan Shu dies it does not anchor a successor regime. Xu Qiu’s act of sending the object to the court closes the source’s seal branch by returning a dynastic object to the recognized title order.

Key Characteristics

• Former Guangling administrator named in the Yuan Shu collapse source.
• Receives the Heirloom Imperial Seal after Yuan Shu’s death.
• Sends the seal to the court rather than using it for a new claimant.
• Functions as an endpoint for Yuan Shu’s failed symbolic legitimacy project.

Evidence

• Seal return: Hanji 1033 says Xu Qiu obtains the Heirloom Imperial Seal and soon presents it to the court.
• Symbolic endpoint: Hanji 1033 places the seal return immediately after Yuan Shu’s death and Yuan Yin’s flight to Liu Xun, making it part of the dismantling of Yuan Shu’s title project.

Qualifications

The transcript renders this name as “徐秋”. This page is kept distinct from 许秋 / Xu Qiu (late Han), whose Chinese surname, source role, and existing evidence differ.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 1033.

Relationships

• 传国玉玺 - object Xu Qiu returns to the court.
• 袁术 - failed claimant whose death precedes the seal’s return.
• 汉献帝 - recognized sovereign whose court receives the object in the source.
• 名器合法性 - broader symbolic-order concept clarified by the seal’s post-Yuan-Shu route.
• 广陵 - office label attached to Xu Qiu in the source.