Sui and Tang · Official and Statesman

Xiao Fang 蕭仿

Attested AD 873

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xiao Fang was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 873 僖宗朝秉政
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passages 44, 74

Career and standing

chancellor 相
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 74
chief minister 秉政
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 44

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 44

Events and relationships

Corrected factional bribery
Reform · Chief minister
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 44
Relation Collaborated with · Person Cui Yanhao (崔彥昭)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 44

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 44

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 183Volume 183 Biographies 108: Bi, Cui, Liu, Lu, Zheng, Zhu, Han · 2 passages

初，楊收、路巖、韋保衡皆坐朋比賄賂得罪死，蕭仿秉政，矯革之，而彥昭協力，故百職修舉，察不至苛。 Earlier Yang Shou, Lu Yan, and Wei Baoheng had all been condemned to death for forming factions and taking bribes. When Xiao Fang took charge of government he set about correcting these abuses, and Yanhao worked in concert with him, so that every office was put back in order and oversight never became oppressive.

俄而蕭仿、崔彥昭得相，罷鄴為淮南節度使、同平章事。 Before long Xiao Fang and Cui Yanhao gained the chancellorship, and Ye was removed to serve as military commissioner of Huainan with the concurrent title of co-director.