徐树兰，字促凡，山阴山。光绪二十三年春（1897年），捐资千金，假古贡院之山会豫仓（今大通学堂）创办了绍郡中西学堂。
In the spring of 1897(Guang Xu 23, Qing Dynasty),Xu Shu-lan, styled himself Zhongfan, made a donative offer of 1,000 silver dollars to establish Shaoxing Prefecture Sino-occident School based on Shangui Yuchang(Xu's private barn used to store relief grain),Gugongyuan.
