Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Royal Family Member

Xiao Ni 蕭嶷

Died AD 492

Passages: 14
Chapters: 4
Histories: 2

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Ni as an aristocrat, general, official, and royal family member. This record brings together 14 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xiao Ni	蕭嶷	Xiao Ni
Title	Grand Marshal Yan	大司馬臣嶷
Title	Prince of Yuzhang	豫章王
Title	Prince of Yuzhang	豫章王	Yùzhāng wáng
Title	Prince of Yuzhang, Yan	豫章王嶷
Personal name	Xiao Ni	蕭嶷	Xiao Ni
Personal name	Xiao Ni	嶷	Ni
Personal	Yan	嶷
Personal name	Yi	嶷	Yí

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · nanqishu:002:s0044, nanqishu:021:s0113, nanqishu:048:s0201

Roles

Aristocrat
General
Official
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 492
Explicit · nanqishu:021:s0113

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: AD 489-493 · Western Interval: Start: AD 489 · End: AD 493
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:048:s0201
Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 492
Explicit · nanqishu:021:s0113
Source Date: Text: 建元元年四月戊戌 · Western Year: AD 479
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:002:s0044
Source Date: Text: 建元初 · Western Year: AD 479
Explicit · liangshu:014:s0085
Source Date: Text: 永明中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:021:s0109

Family

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Sibling of Emperor Wu of Qi (齊武帝)
Kinship Term: brotherly bond / 友于 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: uncertain
Child of Emperor Gao of Qi (齊高帝)
Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Minister of Works / 司空 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元二年十二月壬子 · Western Year: AD 480
Explicit · nanqishu:002:s0124
Label: Inspector of Jing and Xiang / 荊湘二州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元元年九月乙巳 · Western Year: AD 479
Explicit · nanqishu:002:s0091
Label: Director of the Master of Writing / 尚書令 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元元年四月戊戌 · Western Year: AD 479
Explicit · nanqishu:002:s0044
Title: Prince of Yuzhang / 豫章王 · Action: enfeoffed
Explicit · nanqishu:002:s0081

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · About: two fine steeds
Explicit · nanqishu:048:s0205

References in the histories

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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."