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Xu's career No. 01 (孺慕聞聲): Xu's father dreaming about Xu's dead mother (Xu was 12)
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Xu's career No. 02 (神占啟戶): Xu was 18
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Xu's career No. 03 (郡尊折節): Funeral of Xu's father with presence of the magistrate and vice-magistrate of the profecture of Suzhou (Xu was 25)
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Xu's career No. 04 (鹿鳴徹歌): Obtaining the Juren degree at the age of 31
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Xu's career No. 05 (瓊林登第): Obtaining the Jinshi degree at the age of 32
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Xu's career No. 06 (中秘讀書): Reading classical books in Hanlin Academy (Xu was 33)
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Xu's career No. 07 (承明應制): Editing imperial regulations (Xu was 34)
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Xu's career No. 08 (皇極侍班): Ceremony in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony (Xu was 34)
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Xu's career No. 09 (危舟免難): Xu and his servants being saved from shipwreck during a storm near Suzhou (Xu was 36)
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Xu's career No. 10 (司禮授書): Giving course to eunuchs (Xu was between 36 and 39 years old)
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Xu's career No. 11 (棘院秉衡): Taking charge of the Imperial Examination (Xu was between 38 and 47 years old)
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Xu's career No. 12 (金臺吹敕): Passing imperial order in front of Wanli Emperor at the Forbidden City (Xu was 41)
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Xu's career No. 13 (楚藩持節): Conferring the vassal king of Chu (Xu was 43)
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Xu's career No. 14 (荊嶽臥病): Treating a disease in the Furong mount near Yixing (Xu was 43)
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Xu's career No. 15 (聖祐己疾): Dreaming about Confucius and getting recovered (Xu was 45)
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Xu's career No. 16 (衝雪還朝): Back to the capital in the heavy snow (Xu was 46)
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Xu's career No. 17 (經筵進講): Giving course to Wanli Emperor (Xu was 47)
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Xu's career No. 18 (儲寀綰章): Watching the use of official seal as chief of Zhanshifu (Xu was 48)
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Xu's career No. 19 (國師正席): Watching the use of official seal as chief of Guozijian (Xu was 48)
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Xu's career No. 20 (壽宮扈蹕): Accompanying Wanli Emperor during an inspection visit to the Imperial mausoleums (Xu was 48)
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Xu's career No. 21 (歲禱道行): Leading Wanli Emperor who was walking to the Temple of Heaven (Xu was 49)
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Xu's career No. 22 (旋魂再起): Falling ill again (Xu was 49)
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Xu's career No. 23 (日直講讀): at the age of 49
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Xu's career No. 24 (輪注起居): at the age of 49
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Xu's career No. 25 (玉堂視篆): As the chief of Hanlin Academy at the age of 50
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Xu's career No. 26 (幽隴沾恩): at the age of 51