xù wén 
		preface
foreword
preamble
recital (law)
also written 敘文|叙文[xu4 wen2]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xú wén 
		Xuwen county in Zhanjiang 湛江[Zhan4 jiang1], Guangdong
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Jiāng nán sì dà cái zǐ 
		Four great southern talents of the Ming, namely: Tang Bohu 唐伯虎, Zhu Zhishan 祝枝山, Wen Zhengming 文徵明|文征明 and Xu Zhenqing 徐禎卿|徐祯卿
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			xū wén 
		dead letter
rule no longer in force
empty formality