Xu Fu

Chinese alchemist and explorer in the Qin Dynasty

Person Human Q700302

Facts

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[12]
Date of birth: 255 BC
Place of birth: Qi
Country of citizenship: Qin dynasty^[7]
Occupation: explorer, physician, alchemist
Employer: Qin Shi Huang^[11]
Field of work: alchemy, exploration, medicine^[8]^[9]^[10]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Chinese^[15]
Courtesy name: 君房^[18]
Described by source: Records of the Grand Historian^[14]
Family name: Xu^[13]
Name in kana: じょふく^[19]
Name in native language: 徐福, 徐巿^[16]^[17]
Place of burial: Shingu^[6]
Writing language: Classical Chinese^[20]

🏷️ Also known as

en Seobok en Seo Bok en Xu Fo en Xu Fu en Xu Junfang en Xu Shi fa هسو فو hu Hszü Fu ja 徐福 ko 서복 ko 서불 ru Сюй Фу th สฺวี ฝู vi Từ Phúc zh 徐巿 zh 徐市 zh 徐福东渡传说 zh-hant 徐君房 zh-hant 徐巿 zh-hant 徐弗

🔖 Identifiers · 21

ISNI: 0000000063302963
VIAF cluster ID: 50483899
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n78052027
GND ID: 123243505
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Xü Fu.jpg ↗
Biblissima authority ID: Saint-Didier
CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp00574394
Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts person ID: A005155
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026): EgiL4, 47TNgj
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021): 385599, 526625
FAST ID: 1859139
Freebase ID: /m/0fjnc2

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HKCAN ID: 9811105884703406
Japan Search name ID: 徐福
Libraries Australia ID: 36594115
NLA Trove people ID: 1311912
Namuwiki ID: 서복
SBN author ID: RMSV088588
Topic's main category: Category:Xu Fu
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJcRbfVmkh9xRFdVfJPbBP
Yale LUX ID: person/338231f9-cf90-410d-b532-05d29c90caf5

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Field of work 3

medicine, alchemy, exploration

Occupation 2

physician, explorer

Country of citizenship 1

Qin dynasty

Described by source 1

Records of the Grand Historian

Employer 1

Qin Shi Huang

Family name 1

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Chinese

Place of birth 1

Place of burial 1

Shingu

Sex or gender 1

male

Writing language 1

Classical Chinese

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Summary

Xu Fu's place of birth was Qi^[1]. He was born in 255 BC^[2]. He worked as an explorer^[3], physician^[4], and alchemist^[5].

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Career and Affiliations

Fields of work include alchemy^[8], a protoscience^[21]; exploration^[9]; and medicine^[10], a field of study^[22].

FAQs

Where was Xu Fu born?

Xu Fu was born in Qi^[1].

What did Xu Fu do for work?

Xu Fu worked as explorer^[3], physician^[4], and alchemist^[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Xu Fu — place of birth (P19): Qi. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Xu Fu — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Xu Fu — country of citizenship (P27): Qin dynasty. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Xu Fu — field of work (P101): alchemy. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Xu Fu — field of work (P101): exploration. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Xu Fu — field of work (P101): medicine. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Xu Fu — occupation (P106): explorer. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Xu Fu — occupation (P106): physician. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Xu Fu — occupation (P106): alchemist. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Xu Fu — employer (P108): Qin Shi Huang. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Xu Fu — place of burial (P119): Shingu. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Xu Fu — date of birth (P569): 255 BC. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Xu Fu — family name (P734): Xu. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Xu Fu — described by source (P1343): Records of the Grand Historian. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Xu Fu — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Chinese. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Xu Fu — name in native language (P1559): {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '徐福'}. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Xu Fu — name in native language (P1559): {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '徐巿'}. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Xu Fu — courtesy name (P1782): 君房. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Xu Fu — name in kana (P1814): じょふく. Japan Search. Retrieved 2021-03-20. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Xu Fu — writing language (P6886): Classical Chinese. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

[21] ↑ alchemy — P31: protoscience. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
[22] ↑ medicine — P31: field of study. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗

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Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → EgiL4, 47TNgj

Namuwiki ID → 서복

Occupation → explorer, physician, alchemist

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