Xu Yushi

Xu Yushi (許圉師) (died 679), formally Duke Jian of Ping'en (平恩簡公), was a Chinese politician who served briefly as a chancellor of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Gaozong. Xu Yushi was a son of Xu Shao (許紹), a Sui Dynasty official who, after Tang was founded in 618, submitted to Tang, along with a substantial amount of territory in modern Hubei and Chongqing, and was rewarded for his ability to fend off attacks from two other rebel rulers who also claimed imperial titles — Xiao Xi the Emperor of Liang and Wang Shichong the Emperor of Zheng — and who was greatly praised by Tang's founder Emperor Gaozu for his contributions to Tang's eventual takeover of the entire realm. (In this, Xu Shao was assisted by Xu Yushi's brother-in-law Hao Xianggui (郝相貴), whose son (Xu

Xu Yushi

Xu Yushi (許圉師) (died 679), formally Duke Jian of Ping'en (平恩簡公), was a Chinese politician who served briefly as a chancellor of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Gaozong. Xu Yushi was a son of Xu Shao (許紹), a Sui Dynasty official who, after Tang was founded in 618, submitted to Tang, along with a substantial amount of territory in modern Hubei and Chongqing, and was rewarded for his ability to fend off attacks from two other rebel rulers who also claimed imperial titles — Xiao Xi the Emperor of Liang and Wang Shichong the Emperor of Zheng — and who was greatly praised by Tang's founder Emperor Gaozu for his contributions to Tang's eventual takeover of the entire realm. (In this, Xu Shao was assisted by Xu Yushi's brother-in-law Hao Xianggui (郝相貴), whose son (Xu