Overview
The translated histories identify Xiao Ji as a general, official, rebel, and royal family member. This record brings together 29 passages from 3 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Xiao Ji | 蕭紀 | Xiao Ji |
| Alternate name | Great Wisdom | 大智 | Dazhi |
| Given name | Ji | 紀 | Ji |
| Given | Ji | 紀 | Ji |
| Title | Martial Prince | 武王 | Wu Wang |
| Title | Prince of Wuling | 武陵王 | Wuling Wang |
| Title | Prince of Wuling | 武陵王 | |
| Courtesy name | Shixun | 世詢 | Shixun |
| Changed name | Taotie | 饕餮氏 | Taotie |
| Surname | Xiao | 蕭 | Xiao |
| Personal name | Xiao Ji | 蕭紀 | Xiao Ji |
| Title | Xiao Ji | 武陵王紀 | Xiao Ji |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · liangshu:055:s0056, zhoushu:021:s0001
Roles
- General
- Official
- Rebel
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: killed · Killer Person Id: Fan Meng (樊猛) · Place: Xiakou / 硤口 · Age: Value: 46 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太清五年 · Western Year: AD 551Explicit · liangshu:055:s0119
Age
- Value: 46 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · liangshu:055:s0119
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 中大同元年 · Western Year: AD 546Explicit event contextual date · zizhitongjian:159:s0193, zizhitongjian:159:s0193a, zizhitongjian:159:s0240a
- Source Date: Text: 大同十一年 · Western Year: AD 545Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:055:s0065
- Source Date: Text: 天監十三年 · Western Year: AD 514Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:055:s0058
- Source Date: Text: 太清中 · Western Year: AD 548Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:055:s0067
- Source Date: Text: 太清五年 · Western Year: AD 551Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:055:s0076
- Source Date: Text: 紀在蜀稱帝 · Western Year: AD 552Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:021:s0016
Family
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- Sibling of Xiao Zong (蕭綜)Kinship Term: brothers / 兄弟 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: elder
- Parent of Xiao Yuanman (圓滿)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 3
- Child of Gaozu (高祖)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Xiao Yuanzheng (圓正)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Xiao Yuanzhao (圓照)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Xiao Yuanpu (圓普)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Xiao Yuansu (圓肅)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Prince Su of Yidu (宜都王肅)Kinship Term: Ji's son / 紀子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Child of Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝)Kinship Term: sons / 諸子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Sibling of Emperor Yuan of Liang (梁元帝)Kinship Term: younger brother / 其弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger
- Sibling of Emperor Yuan (世祖)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: uncertain
Career and standing
- Title: Prince of Wuling / 武陵郡王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監十三年 · Western Year: AD 514Explicit · liangshu:055:s0058
- Title: Prince of Wuling / 武陵王 · Action: heldExplicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0240a
- Status: stripped from clan register · Action: attainted · Surname Forced: Taotie / 饕餮氏Explicit · liangshu:055:s0120
- Title: Emperor / 僭號 · Era Name: Tianzheng / 天正 · Place: Shu / 蜀 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太清中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 547 · End: AD 549Explicit · liangshu:055:s0068
Places and affiliations
- Label: Liang · Relation: associated-withExplicit · liangshu:055:s0056
- Place: Yizhou / 益州 · Relation: based-in · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中大同元年 · Western Year: AD 546Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0240a
- Place: Shu / 蜀 · Relation: based-inExplicit · liangshu:055:s0068
Works and attributed material
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: claimant · Action: declared emperor in ShuExplicit · zhoushu:021:s0016
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: marched-east · Place: Ba commandery / 巴郡 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太清五年夏四月 · Western Year: AD 551Explicit · liangshu:055:s0076
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: failed to aid the throne in the Taiqing crisis and raised an unjustified army · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:055:s0185, liangshu:055:s0186
References in the histories
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