Xu Miao (172–249),[a] courtesy name Jingshan, was a Chinese military general and politician 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)
MonarchCao Fang
Colonel-Director of Retainers (司隸校尉)
In office
240 (240)–? (?)
MonarchCao Fang
Minister of Finance (大司農)
In office
240 (240)–? (?)
MonarchCao Fang
General Who Establishes Might (建威將軍)
In office
? (?)–? (?)
MonarchCao Rui / Cao Fang
Colonel Who Protects the Qiang (護羌校尉)
In office
227 (227)–? (?)
MonarchCao Rui
Inspector of Liang Province (涼州刺史)
In office
227 (227)–? (?)
MonarchCao Rui
Military Adviser to the Senior General Who Pacifies the Army (撫軍大將軍軍師)
In office
? (?)–? (?)
MonarchCao Pi
Personal details
Born172[a]
Jizhou District, Tianjin
Died249 (aged 77)[a]
Children
OccupationMilitary general, politician
Courtesy nameJingshan (景山)
Posthumous nameMarquis Mu (穆侯)
PeerageMarquis of a Chief Village (都亭侯)

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  1. ^ a b c 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.

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  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.