Overview
The translated histories identify Xiao Kui as a named individual, royal family member, ruler, and scholar. This record brings together 27 passages from 6 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Xiao Kui | 蕭巋 | Xiao Kui |
| Title | Emperor Ming | 明帝 | |
| Temple name | Emperor Ming of Liang | 梁明帝 | |
| Posthumous name | Emperor Xiaoming | 孝明皇帝 | |
| Given | Kui | 巋 | Kuī |
| Given name | Kui | 巋 | |
| Title | Lord of Liang | 梁主 | |
| Courtesy name | Renyuan | 仁遠 | |
| Temple name | Shizong | 世宗 | |
| Personal name | Xiao Kui | 蕭巋 | Xiao Kui |
| Personal | Xiao Kui | 蕭巋 | Xiāo Kuī |
| Personal name | Xiao Kui | 蕭巋 | Xiāo Kuī |
| Personal name | Xiao Kui | 蕭巋 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · suishu:079:s0109
Roles
- Named Individual
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
- Scholar
Life and dates
Death
- Age: 44Explicit · suishu:079:s0139
Age
- Age: 44 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · suishu:079:s0139
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 光大元年 · Western Year: AD 567Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:020:s0112
- Source Date: Text: 光大元年九月乙巳 · Western Year: AD 567Explicit · chenshu:004:s0052
- Source Date: Text: 太建二年 · Western Year: AD 570Explicit · chenshu:022:s0061
- Source Date: Text: 征蕭巋 · Western Interval: Start: AD 570 · End: AD 573Explicit · chenshu:010:s0107, chenshu:010:s0108
- Source Date: Text: 梁明帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 562 · End: AD 585Explicit event contextual date · suishu:036:s0188
- Source Date: Text: 高祖受禪 / 在位二十三年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 562 · End: AD 585Explicit event contextual date · suishu:079:s0120, suishu:079:s0139
Family
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- Descendant of Xiao Tong (蕭統)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
- Parent of Empress Xiao (蕭皇后)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological - Parent of Lady Xiao (蕭妃)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
- Child of Xiao Cha (蕭詧)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Xiao Cong (蕭琮)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Xiao Kan (蕭瓛)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Xiao Yang (蕭瑒)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Xiao Yu (蕭瑀)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Xiao Jing (蕭璟)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Spouse of Mother of Empress Xiao (蕭皇后之母)Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage
- Sibling of Xiao Ji (蕭岌)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
- Kinship Role: sons and daughters · Count: 0 · Note: children married into the imperial houseExplicit · suishu:079:s0133
Career and standing
- Role: ruler of Later Liang · Era Name: Tianbao / 天保Explicit · suishu:079:s0116
Places and affiliations
- Label: Western Liang / 後梁 · Relation: ruledStrongly inferred · suishu:079:s0116
- Polity: Liang / 梁 · Relation: ruledExplicit · suishu:036:s0188
- Place: Jiangling / 江陵 · Relation: defendedExplicit · chenshu:022:s0061
Learning and skills
- Belief: Buddhism / 內典 · Relation: adherent-ofExplicit · suishu:079:s0117
Works and attributed material
- Work: Classic of Filial Piety / 孝經 · Relation: authorExplicit · suishu:079:s0141
- Work: Records of the Meaning of the Book of Changes / 周易義記 · Relation: authorExplicit · suishu:079:s0141
- Work: Subtleties of the Greater and Lesser Vehicles / 大小乘幽微 · Relation: authorExplicit · suishu:079:s0141
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Addressee Person Id: Emperor Wu of Zhou (周武帝) · Statement: join the hundred beastsExplicit · suishu:079:s0119
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: opponent · Action: campaigned-against · Place: Jiangling / 江陵Explicit · chenshu:022:s0061
- Kind: political · Role: installed-ruler · Action: enthroned-by · Other Person Id: Hua Jiao (華皎) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光大元年九月乙巳 · Western Year: AD 567Explicit · chenshu:004:s0052
- Kind: personal · Role: agent · Action: retrieved-daughter-for-marriage-divinationExplicit · suishu:036:s0194
- Relation: appointed · Person Id: Hua Jiao (華皎)Explicit · chenshu:020:s0119
Assessments and attributes
- Item: gold-mounted sword / 金裝劍 · Relation: presentedExplicit · suishu:079:s0138
References in the histories
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