Overview
Xiao Kai was an official and Scholar.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Liang
Life and dates
Death
- AD 548 to AD 549 侯景寇亂Died in office · Age 44 · At within the city 城內Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 151
Age
- 44AD 548 to AD 549 侯景寇亂 · Reckoning Sui · Circumstance at deathDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 151
Attested activity
- AD 531 to AD 548 太宗在東宮Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 35, passage 145
- AD 548 太清二年Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 150-151
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Xiao Zixian (蕭子顯)son 子Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 138
- Sibling of Xiao Xu (序)two sons 二子 · Full siblingsStrongly inferred · Book of Liang 35, passage 138
Career and standing
- Secretariat Gentleman 秘書郎First appointedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 142
- manager of records 掌管記Held concurrentlyDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 143-144
- Chief Clerk of a princely establishment 王府主簿HeldDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 142
- Groom of the Heir Apparent 太子洗馬HeldDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 142
- Palace Secretariat Gentleman 中書郎HeldDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 144
- Steward of the Heir Apparent's Household 太子家令HeldDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 144
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- Gentleman of the Ministry of Personnel 吏部郎Moved toDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 149
- Palace Attendant 侍中AD 548 to AD 549 侯景寇亂 · Promoted · At within the city 城內Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 151
- Imperial Censor 御史中丞AD 548 太清二年 · PromotedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 150
- Attendant to the Heir Apparent 太子中舍人PromotedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 142
- Attendant 中舍人PromotedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 143
- Literary Scholar to the Prince of Xuancheng 宣城王文學PromotedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 144
- Groom of the Heir Apparent 太子洗馬Reappointed · when mourning endedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 143
- Junior Mentor 中庶子Transferred · 未拜: not yet installedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 149
- ResignedMourning · Reason father's mourningDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 142
Places and affiliations
- Polity Liang 梁 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 142, 150
Learning and skills
- Institution Imperial University 國子 · StudentDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 141
- EarnedCredential high rank in the policy examination 對策高第Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 141
- NominatedCredential Cultivated Talent 秀才Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 141
- Skill written characters 文字 · Level especially skilledDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 148
- Skill broad learning 博學 · Level renownedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 148
Works and attributed material
- collected writings 文集Relation Author · all lostDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 152
- Jade Chapters 玉篇Relation ReviserDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 148
Events and relationships
- Finished first with fine wording at the Xuanyou Hall farewell using fifteen difficult rhymesDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 146
- Left office for father's mourningRitual · MournerDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 142
- Ordered to revise the Jade Chapters with the academiciansDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 148
- Promoted to Palace Attendant within the city during Hou Jing's raidDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 151
- Relation Staff of · Person Prince of Xuancheng (宣城王)Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 144
- Relation Drawn in by · Person Emperor Jianwen (太宗)Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 145
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment among the rising generation may be praised; truly a talented man · Mode quotation Speaker Emperor Jianwen (太宗)Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 147
- Assessment known from youth · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 138
- Assessment talent, learning, and reputation led contemporaries to compare him with his father · Mode contemporary-opinionDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 145
Source notes
- collected works were all lostField works-lostDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 152
References in the histories
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