Overview
The translated histories identify Xiao Shisu as a hermit, official, and scholar. This record brings together 6 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 Shisu | 蕭眎素 | Xiao Shisu |
| Posthumous name | Recluse Zhenwen | 貞文先生 | Zhenwen Xiansheng |
| Given | Shisu | 眎素 | Shisu |
| Personal name | Xiao Shisu | 蕭眎素 | Xiao Shisu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · liangshu:052:s0134
Roles
- Hermit
- Official
- Scholar
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年 · Western Year: AD 509Explicit · liangshu:052:s0150
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 八年 · Western Year: AD 509Explicit · liangshu:052:s0150
- Source Date: Text: 天監初 · Western Year: AD 502Explicit · liangshu:052:s0142
- Source Date: Text: 永元末 · Western Year: AD 501Explicit · liangshu:052:s0140
Family
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- Child of Xiao Sihua (蕭思話)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
- Child of Xiao Huiming (蕭惠明)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Kin of Xiao Huixiu (蕭惠休)Kinship Term: paternal uncle / 叔父 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew
- Spouse of Wife of Xiao ShisuKinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: ended
- Kinship Role: sons · Count: 0 · Negated: trueExplicit · liangshu:052:s0149
Career and standing
- Title: Recluse Zhenwen / 貞文先生 · Action: posthumously-grantedExplicit · liangshu:052:s0151
Places and affiliations
- Label: Liang / 梁 · Relation: servedExplicit · liangshu:052:s0141, liangshu:052:s0142
- Label: Southern Qi / 齊 · Relation: servedExplicit · liangshu:052:s0139
- Place: Lanling / 蘭陵Explicit · liangshu:052:s0134
- Place: Mt She / 攝山 · Relation: resided-atExplicit · liangshu:052:s0147, liangshu:052:s0148
Events and relationships
- Kind: withdrawal · Role: actor · Action: declined Secretariat post and lived alone on Mt SheExplicit · liangshu:052:s0147, liangshu:052:s0148
- Kind: personal · Role: actor · Action: scattered eighty thousand cash gift among kin and friendsExplicit · liangshu:052:s0143
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: little taste for office · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:052:s0153
- Assessment: quiet, retiring, few desires; joy and anger not shown · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:052:s0145
References in the histories
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