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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Xiao Jing | 蕭景 | Xiao Jing |
| Given | Jing | 景 | Jing |
| Posthumous name | Loyal | 忠 | |
| 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 | 蕭 | 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
- Sex: maleExplicit · liangshu:024:s0003, liangshu:042:s0037
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · liangshu:030:s0020
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 523Explicit · liangshu:024:s0076
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 二年 · Western Year: AD 503Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:030:s0020, liangshu:030:s0012
- Source Date: Text: 天監中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 519Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:042:s0037
- Source Date: Text: 天監八年三月 · Western Year: AD 509Explicit · liangshu:024:s0046
- Source Date: Text: 天監四年 · Western Year: AD 505Explicit · liangshu:024:s0039
- Source Date: Text: 普通四年 · Western Year: AD 523Explicit · liangshu:024:s0076
- Source Date: Text: 永元二年 · Western Year: AD 500Explicit · liangshu:024:s0029
- Source Date: Text: 高祖踐阼 · Western Year: AD 502Explicit · liangshu:024:s0035
- Source Date: Text: 齊建武中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 494 · End: AD 498Explicit 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
- Line: paternal · Clan: Xiao / 蕭Explicit · liangshu:024:s0003
Career and standing
- Label: Attendant-in-Chief / 侍中 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 天監十五年 · Western Year: AD 516Explicit · 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 500Explicit · 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 514Explicit · 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 518Explicit · liangshu:024:s0065
- Label: General Who Pacifies the North / 寧朔將軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · 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 502Explicit · 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 520Explicit · liangshu:024:s0071
- Label: Governor of Yong / 雍州刺史 · Action: appointedExplicit · 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 498Explicit · 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 498Explicit · liangshu:024:s0024
- Label: regional inspector of South Yanzhou / 南兗州刺史 · Action: appointedExplicit · 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 519Explicit · 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 502Explicit · 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 502Explicit · liangshu:024:s0035
- Title: Marquis of Pingwu / 吳平侯 · Action: heldExplicit · liangshu:042:s0037
- Title: Loyal / 忠 · Action: posthumously-titledExplicit · liangshu:024:s0078
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Liang / 梁 · Relation: servedExplicit · liangshu:024:s0035
- Polity: Southern Qi / 齊 · Relation: servedExplicit · liangshu:024:s0024
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: trueExplicit · liangshu:024:s0048, liangshu:024:s0049
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: advanced-to · Place: Suyu / 宿預 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監四年 · Western Year: AD 505Explicit · liangshu:024:s0039
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Yuan Zhi (元志) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監八年三月 · Western Year: AD 509
- Explicit · liangshu:024:s0040
- Kind: flight · Role: subject · Action: fled-into-hiding · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永元二年冬 · Western Year: AD 500Explicit · liangshu:024:s0030
- Relation: paternal-cousin-of · Person Id: Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝)Explicit · liangshu:024:s0003
- Relation: predecessor-of · Person Id: Zang Dun (臧盾)Explicit · liangshu:042:s0037, liangshu:042:s0038
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: governance finest among a hundred cities · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:024:s0024
- Assessment: outstanding figure among the Liang imperial clan · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:024:s0153
- Assessment: pure, scrupulous, and commanding as governor · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:024:s0037
References in the histories
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