Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Xiao Kui 蕭巋

Attested AD 562 - AD 585

Passages
27
Chapters
6
Histories
2

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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
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 Kuī
Given name Kui
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

Roles

  • Named Individual
  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler
  • Scholar

Life and dates

Death

Age

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 光大元年 · Western Year: AD 567
    Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:020:s0112
  • Source Date: Text: 光大元年九月乙巳 · Western Year: AD 567
    Explicit · chenshu:004:s0052
  • Source Date: Text: 太建二年 · Western Year: AD 570
    Explicit · chenshu:022:s0061
  • Source Date: Text: 征蕭巋 · Western Interval: Start: AD 570 · End: AD 573
  • Source Date: Text: 梁明帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 562 · End: AD 585
    Explicit 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 585
    Explicit 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 house
    Explicit · suishu:079:s0133

Career and standing

  • Role: ruler of Later Liang · Era Name: Tianbao / 天保
    Explicit · suishu:079:s0116

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

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 567
    Explicit · chenshu:004:s0052
  • Kind: personal · Role: agent · Action: retrieved-daughter-for-marriage-divination
    Explicit · 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: presented
    Explicit · suishu:079:s0138

References in the histories

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Book of Chen, Chapter 4Volume 4: Emperor Fei · 1 passage
Book of Chen, Chapter 10Volume 10: Zhou Tiehu; Cheng Lingxi · 3 passages
Book of Chen, Chapter 20Volume 20: Dao Zhongju; Han Zigao; Hua Jiao · 3 passages
Book of Chen, Chapter 22Volume 22: Lu Zilong, Qian Daoji, Luo Ya · 1 passage
Book of Sui, Chapter 36Volume 36 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 2 passages
Book of Sui, Chapter 79Volume 79 Biographies 44: Imperial Affines · 17 passages