Overview
The translated histories identify Xiao Heshang as an aristocrat, diplomat, and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Xiao Heshang | 蕭和尚 | Xiāo Héshàng |
| Given | Heshang | 和尚 | Héshang |
| Courtesy name | Hongning | 洪寧 | Hóngníng |
| Surname | Xiao | 蕭 | |
| Surname | Xiao | 蕭 | Xiāo |
| Personal name | Xiao Heshang | 蕭和尚 | Xiāo Héshang |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · liaoshi:067:s0082, liaoshi:086:s0132
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Diplomat
- Official
Life and dates
Death
- Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0140
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 外戚表 · Western Interval: Start: AD 907 · End: AD 1125Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:067:s0082
- Source Date: Text: 開泰八年秋 · Western Year: AD 1019Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:086:s0140
- Source Date: Text: 開泰初 · Western Year: AD 1012Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:086:s0134
Family
- Sibling of Xiao Teme (蕭特末)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: full
Origins and identity
- Label: Great-Grandfather Branch of the Imperial Maternal Clan / 國舅大父房之後Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0132
- Lineage: Xiao / 蕭Explicit · liaoshi:067:s0082
Career and standing
- Label: Military Commissioner of the Tangut Tribes / 唐古部節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開泰八年秋 · Western Year: AD 1019Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0140
- Label: Cupbearer Attendant / 禦盞郎君 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開泰初 · Western Year: AD 1012Explicit · liaoshi:086:s0134
- Label: Chief Secretary of Inner History, Imperial Medical Service, and related bureaus / 內史、太醫等局都林牙 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:086:s0134
- Label: Linya / 林牙 · Action: heldExplicit · liaoshi:067:s0082
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · liaoshi:067:s0082
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: servedExplicit · liaoshi:086:s0134
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Events and relationships
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: New Year embassy to Song; fixed envoy protocolExplicit · liaoshi:086:s0135, liaoshi:086:s0139
Assessments and attributes
- Kind: character · Statement: loyal and upright, with many stratagemsExplicit · liaoshi:086:s0133
References in the histories
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