Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Aristocrat and Military Officer

Xiao Jing 蕭景

Died AD 523

Passages
31
Chapters
3
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Jing as an administrator, aristocrat, general, and military officer. This record brings together 31 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xiao Jing 蕭景 Xiao Jing
Given Jing Jing
Posthumous name Loyal
Title Marquis of Pingwu 吳平侯
Title Marquis of Wuping 吳平縣侯
Title Marquis of Wuping 吳平侯
Title regional inspector of South Yanzhou 南兗州刺史
Surname Xiao Xiao
Personal name Xiao Jing 蕭景 Xiao Jing
Personal name Xiao Jing 蕭景
Personal name Xiao Jing 蕭景 Xiāo Jǐng
Courtesy name Zizhao 子昭 Zizhao

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: died in office · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 普通四年 · Western Year: AD 523 · Place: Ying province / 州
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0076

Age

  • Years: 47 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 普通四年 · Western Year: AD 523
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0076

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 二年 · Western Year: AD 503
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:030:s0020, liangshu:030:s0012
  • Source Date: Text: 天監中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 519
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:042:s0037
  • Source Date: Text: 天監八年三月 · Western Year: AD 509
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0046
  • Source Date: Text: 天監四年 · Western Year: AD 505
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0039
  • Source Date: Text: 普通四年 · Western Year: AD 523
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0076
  • Source Date: Text: 永元二年 · Western Year: AD 500
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0029
  • Source Date: Text: 高祖踐阼 · Western Year: AD 502
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0035
  • Source Date: Text: 齊建武中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 494 · End: AD 498
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:024:s0024

Family

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  • Child of Xiao Chongzhi (蕭崇之)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Xiao Yu (蕭昱)
    Kinship Term: full elder brother / 同產兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Object Birth Order: 4
  • Child of Lady Mao (毛氏)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Xiao Mai (蕭勱)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Xiao Chang (蕭昌)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Object Birth Order: 2
  • Sibling of Xiao Ang (蕭昂)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Object Birth Order: 3

Origins and identity

Career and standing

  • Label: Attendant-in-Chief / 侍中 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 天監十五年 · Western Year: AD 516
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0062
  • Label: Commandant of Footsoldiers / 步兵校尉 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 永元二年 · Western Year: AD 500
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0029
  • Label: General of the Palace Guard / 領軍將軍 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 天監十三年 · Western Year: AD 514
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0058
  • Label: General of the Right for Pacification overseeing Yangzhou / 安右將軍監揚州 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 天監十七年 · Western Year: AD 518
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0065
  • Label: General Who Pacifies the North / 寧朔將軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0031
  • Label: Governor of Southern Yanzhou / 南兗州刺史 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 高祖踐阼 · Western Year: AD 502
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0035
  • Label: Governor of Ying / 郢州刺史 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 普通元年 · Western Year: AD 520
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0071
  • Label: Governor of Yong / 雍州刺史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0045
  • Label: Left Regular Attendant of the Principality of Jin'an / 晉安王國左常侍 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 齊建武中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 494 · End: AD 498
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0024
  • Label: Magistrate of Yongning / 永寧令 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 齊建武中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 494 · End: AD 498
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0024
  • Label: regional inspector of South Yanzhou / 南兗州刺史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:030:s0020
  • Label: commandant of the army / 領軍 · Action: held · Source Date: Text: 天監中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 519
    Explicit · liangshu:042:s0037
  • Title: Marquis of Wuping / 吳平縣侯 · Action: enfeoffed · Households: 1000 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 高祖踐阼 · Western Year: AD 502
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0035
  • Title: Marquis of Wuping / 吳平縣侯 · Action: enfeoffed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 高祖踐阼 · Western Year: AD 502
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0035
  • Title: Marquis of Pingwu / 吳平侯 · Action: held
    Explicit · liangshu:042:s0037
  • Title: Loyal / 忠 · Action: posthumously-titled
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0078

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: governance finest among a hundred cities · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0024
  • Assessment: outstanding figure among the Liang imperial clan · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0153
  • Assessment: pure, scrupulous, and commanding as governor · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0037

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 24Volume 24: Xiao Jing; Xiao Chang; Xiao Ang; Xiao Yu · 29 passages
Book of Liang, Chapter 30Volume 30: Pei Ziye; Gu Xie; Xu Chi; Bao Quan · 1 passage
Book of Liang, Chapter 42Volume 42: Zang Dun; Zang Jue; Fu Qi · 1 passage