Sui and Tang · Official and Family Member

Xiao Deyan 蕭德言

Attested AD 581 - AD 650

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Xiao Deyan was an official and Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 581 to AD 600 同州時
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 123
AD 640 to AD 650 祖德言，為秘書少監
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 89

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Xiao Zhizhong (蕭至忠)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Father of Xiao Zhizhong (蕭至忠之父)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 89
Parent of Father of Xiao Zhizhong (蕭至忠之父)
father 父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 123, passage 89

Key source chapters

Career and standing

prefectural aide 府佐
Directly stated · Book of Sui 44, passage 123
Vice Director of the Secretariat 秘書少監
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 89

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 89

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 89

References in the histories

Book of Sui, Chapter 44Volume 44 Biographies 9: Teng Mu Wangzan, Daodao Wangjing, Caiwang Zhiji · 1 passage

有侍讀公孫尚儀，山東儒士，府佐楊君英、蕭德言，並有文學，時延於座，所設唯餅果，酒才三酌。 His Reader-in-Waiting Gongsun Shangyi was a scholar from Shandong, and his aides Yang Junying and Xiao Deyan were men of letters. He would invite them to join him from time to time, but served only cakes and fruit, with no more than three rounds of wine.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 123Volume 123 Biographies 48: Li, Xiao, Lu, Wei, Zhao, He · 1 passage

祖德言，為秘書少監。 His grandfather Deyan served as Vice Director of the Secretariat.