Xu Xilin (December 17 1873 – July 7 1907) was a Chinese revolutionary born in Dongpu, Shanyin, Shaoxing, Zhejiang during the Qing dynasty.

Xu was sent to Japan in 1903 for study where he joined other Zhejiang students in rescuing Zhang Taiyan, who was arrested for spreading anti-Qing views.

Xu set up a publishing house and a public school called Yuejun in Shaoxing with Zong Nengsu and Wang Ziyu.

[1][2] Xu refused to join Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary league, the Tongmenghui, when his Guangfuhui organization was merged into it.

[5] He was executed the next day by slow slicing, and his heart and liver were cut out by En Ming's guards for consumption; a week later Qiu Jin was beheaded for her association with the plot.