Xiao Ruiming (蕭叡明)

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Ruiming as an official. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xiao Ruiming	蕭叡明	Xiāo Ruìmíng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Official

Life and dates

Death

Status: died · Cause: died from overwhelming grief after his mother’s death
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 永明五年 · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 487
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Family

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Child of Xiao Xiaosun (蕭孝孫)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Child of Mother of Xiao Ruiming (叡明母)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological
Kin of Xiao Zhen (蕭諶)
Kinship Term: paternal cousin / 從祖兄弟 · Line: paternal

Career and standing

Label: Acting General of the Palace Attendants / 員外殿中將軍 · Action: held
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Label: Central Army Aide of the Anxi Army / 安西中兵參軍 · Action: held
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Label: Flying Dragon General / 龍驤將軍 · Action: held
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Label: Magistrate of Songzi / 松滋令 · Action: held
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Label: Attendant of the Secretariat / 中書郎 · Action: posthumously-appointed
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Places and affiliations

Place: Southern Lanling · Relation: native-of
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References in the histories

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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 36: Filial Piety · 4 passages

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崔懷慎公孫僧遠吳欣之韓係伯孫淡華寶韓靈敏封延伯吳達之王文殊朱謙之蕭叡明樂頤江泌杜栖陸絳 Cui Huaishen, Gongsun Sengyuan, Wu Xinzhi, Han Xibo, Sun Dan, Hua Bao, Han Lingmin, Feng Yanbo, Wu Dazhi, Wang Wenshu, Zhu Qianzhi, Xiao Ruiming, Le Yi, Jiang Bi, Du Qi, and Lu Jiang

蕭叡明，南蘭陵人。 Xiao Ruiming was from southern Lanling.

叡明初仕員外殿中將軍。 Ruiming first served as acting general of the palace attendants.

永明五年，世祖詔曰：「龍驤將軍、安西中兵參軍、松滋令蕭叡明，愛敬淳深，色養盡禮，喪過乎哀，遂致毀滅。 In the fifth year of Yongming Emperor Wu decreed: "Xiao Ruiming, Flying Dragon General, central army aide of the Anxi army, and magistrate of Songzi, loved his parents with pure devotion, served them with joyful ritual care, and mourned so deeply that he destroyed himself.