Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Liu Song prince and official

Xiao Ni 蕭嶷

First attested AD 477; died AD 492

Passages: 18
Chapters: 5
Histories: 3

Overview

Xiao Ni was a Liu Song prince and official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Yi	嶷	Yí

Life and dates

Death

AD 492 十年
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 21, passage 113

Attested activity

AD 489 to AD 493 AD 489-493
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 201
AD 492 十年
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 21, passage 113
AD 479 建元元年四月戊戌
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 2, passage 44
AD 479 建元初
Directly stated · Book of Liang 14, passage 85
AD 478 昇明二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 10, passages 75, 96
AD 477 昇明元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 10, passage 41

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AD 483 to AD 493 永明中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 21, passage 109

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Emperor Wu of Qi (齊武帝)
brotherly bond 友于 · Uncertain siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 21, passage 113
Child of Emperor Gao of Qi (齊高帝)
imperial son 皇子
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 2, passage 81

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Minister of Works 司空
AD 480 建元二年十二月壬子 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 2, passage 124
Inspector of Jing and Xiang 荊湘二州刺史
AD 479 建元元年九月乙巳 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 2, passage 91
Director of the Master of Writing 尚書令
AD 479 建元元年四月戊戌 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 2, passage 44
General Who Secures the West 鎮西將軍
AD 479 昇明三年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 10, passage 113
Inspector of Jingzhou 荊州刺史
AD 479 昇明三年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 10, passage 113
Commander of the Guards 領軍
AD 478 昇明二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 10, passage 75

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Inspector of Jiangzhou 江州刺史
AD 478 昇明二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 10, passage 96
Commander of the Guards 領軍
AD 478 昇明二年 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 10, passage 96
Palace Attendant 侍中
AD 478 昇明二年 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 10, passage 75
Palace Attendant 侍中
AD 477 昇明元年 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 10, passage 41
Prince of Yuzhang 豫章王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 2, passage 81

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Song 10, passages 41, 75, 96

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · About two fine steeds
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 205

Events and relationships

Garrisoned eastern palace
AD 477 昇明元年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Song 10, passage 41

References in the histories

Search passages

History

18 passages

Book of Liang, Chapter 14Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang · 1 passage

建元初，又爲驃騎豫章王記室，帶東武令，參掌詔册，並典國史。 At Jianyuan's opening he was again valiant-cavalry record-keeper to the Prince of Yuzhang, magistrate of Dongwu in addition, drafting edicts and patents and tending the national history.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 2Volume 2 Annals 2: Emperor Gao of Southern Qi 2 · 5 passages

戊戌，以荊州刺史嶷爲尚書令、驃騎大將軍、開府儀同三司、揚州刺史，冠軍將軍映爲荊州刺史，西中郎將晃爲南徐州刺史，冠軍將軍垣崇祖爲豫州刺史，驃騎司馬崔文仲爲徐州刺史。 Day wuxu: Yi, inspector of Jing, became director of the master of writing, general-in-chief who spreads might, with secretariat equal to the three excellencies, and inspector of Yang; Ying, champion general, inspector of Jing; Huang, west general of the gentlemen, inspector of South Xuzhou; Yuan Chongzu, champion general, inspector of Yu; Cui Wenzong, chief commandant under the general who spreads might, inspector of Xu.

立皇子嶷爲豫章王，映爲臨川王，晃爲長沙王，曅爲武陵王，暠爲安成王，鏘爲鄱陽王，鑠爲桂陽王，鑒爲廣陵王，皇孫長懋爲南郡王。 Princes were named: Yi of Yuzhang, Ying of Linchuan, Huang of Changsha, Ye of Wuling, Gao of Ancheng, Qiang of Poyang, Shuo of Guiyang, Jian of Guangling; the imperial grandson Zhangmao became prince of Nan commandery.

乙巳，以新除尚書令、驃騎將軍豫章王嶷爲荊、湘二州刺史，平西將軍臨川王映爲揚州刺史。 Day yisi: Yi, new director of the master of writing and general who spreads might, prince of Yuzhang, took Jing and Xiang; Ying, prince of Linchuan and general who pacifies the west, took Yang.

壬子，以驃騎大將軍豫章王嶷爲司空，揚州刺史、前將軍臨川王映爲荊州刺史。 On day renzi, Prince of Yuzhang Xiao Yi, general of agile cavalry, became minister of works; Prince of Linchuan Xiao Ying, forward general and inspector of Yangzhou, took Jing.

丙子，以平北將軍陳顯達爲益州刺史，貞陽公柳世隆爲南兖州刺史，皇子鋒爲江夏王。 On day bingzi, Chen Xianda, pacifying north, took Yi; Liu Shilong, duke of Zhenyang, took South Yanzhou; the prince Feng was enfeoffed as prince of Jiangxia.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 21Volume 21 Biographies 2: Crown Prince Wenhui · 2 passages

後上幸豫章王宅，還過太子東田，見其彌亘華遠，莊麗極目，於是大怒，收監作主帥； Later the emperor called on the prince of Yuzhang; returning by way of the crown prince's Eastern Fields, he saw splendor stretching without end, gorgeous to the horizon, and in a rage had the project overseers seized and jailed;

十年，豫章王嶷薨，太子見上友于旣至，造碑文奏之，未及鐫勒。 In the tenth year the prince of Yuzhang, Xiao Ni, died; seeing the emperor's brotherly love at its fullest, the crown prince drafted an epitaph and submitted it, but it had not yet been cut in stone.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 48Volume 48 Biographies 29: Yuan Tuan, Kong Zhigui, Liu Hui · 6 passages

詳議八座，裁正大司馬臣嶷。 The eight chief offices deliberated in detail; the grand marshal, your servant Yan, passed final judgment.

豫章王嶷爲江州，以繪爲左軍主簿。 When the Prince of Yuzhang, Yan, took up the governorship of Jiang province, he appointed Hui recorder of the left army.

嶷謂僚佐曰：「吾雖不能得應嗣陳蕃，然閤下自有二驥也。」 Yan told his staff: "Though I cannot find a successor to Chen Fan, within my gate there are two fine steeds all the same."

時豫章王嶷與文惠太子以年秩不同，物論謂宮、府有疑，繪苦求外出，爲南康相。 At the time the Prince of Yuzhang, Yan, and the Literary and Graceful Heir Apparent differed in age and rank; rumor held that palace and princely establishment were at odds, and Hui pressed hard to leave the capital, becoming chancellor of Nankang.

魚復侯子響誅後，豫章王嶷欲求葬之，召繪言其事，使爲表。 After the Marquis of Yufu, Zixiang, was executed, the Prince of Yuzhang, Yan, wished to have him buried and summoned Hui to discuss it, ordering him to compose a memorial.

嶷惟足八字，云「提攜鞠養，俯見成人」。 Yan added only eight characters: "Raised and nurtured in your arms, I looked up and saw him grown."

Book of Song, Chapter 10Volume 10 Annals 10: Emperor Shun · 4 passages

丁卯，錄公齊王入守朝堂，侍中蕭嶷鎮東府。 On the dingmao day the Recording Secretary, the Prince of Qi, entered to guard the court hall, and Palace Attendant Xiao Ni garrisoned the Eastern Palace.

[7]左衞將軍齊王世子為江州刺史，侍中蕭嶷為領軍，鎮軍將軍、雍州刺史張敬兒進號征西將軍，平西將軍、郢州刺史黃回進號鎮西將軍。 [7] The Left Guards General, heir of the Prince of Qi, was appointed Inspector of Jiangzhou; Palace Attendant Xiao Ni was appointed Commander of the Guards; Zhang Jinger, General Who Pacifies the Army and Inspector of Yongzhou, was promoted to General Who Conquers the West; Huang Hui, General Who Pacifies the West and Inspector of Yingzhou, was promoted to General Who Pacifies the West.

丙申，以領軍蕭嶷為江州刺史。 On the bingshen day Xiao Ni, Commander of the Guards, was appointed Inspector of Jiangzhou.

三年春正月甲辰，以江州刺史蕭嶷為鎮西將軍、荊州刺史，尚書左僕射王延之為安南將軍、江州刺史。 In spring of the third year, on the jiachen day of the first month, Xiao Ni, Inspector of Jiangzhou, was appointed General Who Pacifies the West and Inspector of Jingzhou; Wang Yanzhi, Vice Director of the Masters of Writing, was appointed General Who Pacifies the South and Inspector of Jiangzhou.