Overview
Xiao Ji was an official and Scholar.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
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| Courtesy name |
Xiaokang |
孝康 |
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Life and dates
Death
Attested activity
AD 557 to AD 589 一代之英靈
AD 553 承聖二年
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment illustrious for talent and learning · Mode historian-judgment
References in the histories
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Book of Chen, Chapter 30Volume 30: Xiao Ji; Lu Qiong; Gu Yewang; Fu Zai · 7 passages
蕭濟 陸瓊 子從典 顧野王 傅縡 章華
Xiao Ji; Lu Qiong; his son Congdian; Gu Yewang; Fu Zai; Zhang Hua
蕭濟字孝康，東海蘭陵人也。
Xiao Ji, styled Xiaokang, came from Lanling in Donghai commandery.
少好學，博通經史，諮梁武帝左氏疑義三十餘條，尚書僕射范陽張纘、太常卿南陽劉之遴並與濟討論，纘等莫能抗對。
From boyhood he loved books and mastered the classics and histories. He put more than thirty questions on the Zuo Commentary before Liang's Emperor Wu; Zhang Zuan of Fanyang, vice director of the masters of writing, and Liu Zhiliao of Nanyang, minister of ceremonies, debated them with him—and could not hold their ground.
及高祖作鎮徐方，以濟為明威將軍、征北長史。
When the Founder was holding Xuzhou as his command, he made Ji bright-prestige general and chief secretary on the northern campaign staff.
世祖為會稽太守，又以濟為宣毅府長史，遷司徒左長史。
When Emperor Wen governed Kuaiji, he again made Ji chief secretary of the firm-resolution establishment and soon promoted him to left chief secretary of the Minister of Education.
高宗嘗敕取揚州曹事，躬自省覽，見濟條理詳悉，文無滯害，乃顧謂左右曰「我本期蕭長史長於經傳，不言精練繁劇，乃至於此」。
Emperor Xuan once ordered the Yangzhou bureau papers brought for his own reading. Ji had arranged everything with meticulous clarity, the documents flowing without snag or tangle. The emperor turned to his attendants and said, "I expected Chief Secretary Xiao to shine in the classics—not that he would master tangled administration to this degree."
史臣曰：蕭濟、陸瓊，俱以才學顯著，顧野王博極群典，傅縡聰警特達，並一代之英靈矣。
The historiographer says: Xiao Ji and Lu Qiong both shone for talent and learning; Gu Yewang mastered the canon; Fu Zai was brilliantly sharp—all spirits of an age.