Xiao Chen 蕭琛

Other names

Family

• Child of Father of Xiao Chen
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 143
• Child of Mother of Xiao Chen
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 143
• Spouse of Wife of Xiao Chen
  wife 妻
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 209

• Kinship Role sons · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 209

Career and standing

• Household Attendant to the Crown Prince 太子中庶子
  AD 504 三年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 200
• Regular Attendant 散騎常侍
  AD 504 三年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 200
• administrator of Jinling 晉陵太守
  AD 529 中大通元年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 206
• Cloud Banner General 雲麾將軍
  AD 529 中大通元年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 206
• administrator of Jiangxia 江夏太守
  AD 510 九年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 201
• chief clerk to the General Who Pacifies the West 平西長史
  AD 510 九年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 201

Places and affiliations

• Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 197-198
• Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 131, 195
• AD 529 中大通元年
  At Jinling 晉陵 · Relation Posted to
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 206
• AD 510 九年
  At Jiangxia 江夏 · Relation Posted to
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 201
• AD 502 天監元年
  At Xuancheng 宣城 · Relation Posted to
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passages 139, 198
• At Dongyang 東陽 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 145

Learning and skills

• Skill books 書 · Level enduring
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 153-154
• Skill music 音律 · Level loved-in-youth
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 153

Works and attributed material

• Memorial · Author · Paraphrased
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 195
• Speech · Speaker · With Li Daogu (李道固) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 134
• Speech · Addressee · With Gaozu (高祖) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 151-152
• Speech · Speaker · With Gaozu (高祖) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 150
• Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 153-154

Events and relationships

• Argued temple precedent
  AD 498 東昏初嗣立 · Ritual · Advisor · With Donghun (東昏)
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 195
• Carried commission
  AD 491 永明九年 · Diplomatic · Envoy · At Sanggan 桑乾
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 131
• Mourned by emperor
  Funeral · Deceased · With Gaozu (高祖)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 210
• Obtained book
  Scholarly · Acquirer · At Xuancheng 宣城
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 139-141
• Offered wine
  AD 491 永明九年 · Diplomatic · Participant · With Li Daogu (李道固)
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passages 132-135
• Presented book
  AD 510 九年 · Scholarly · Presenter · With Xiao Fan (蕭範)
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passages 142, 201

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment did not manage family property; took needed supplies without regarding it as improper · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 202
• free-spirited; often cooked for himself and drank to cheerful intoxication after meals
  Habit
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 155
• Item court robes, clothes, 200000 cash, 100 bolts of cloth 朝服一具，衣一襲，賻錢二十萬，布百匹 · Relation Bestowed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 211
• Item imperial coffin from Dongyuan 東園秘器 · Relation Bestowed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 211
• Item Ordered Biographies of the Book of Han 漢書序傳 · Relation Possessed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 139, 141

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 131
• final instructions: share one mound with wife but separate burials; vegetable sacrifices; burial day limited to ten carriages; keep rites simple
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 209