Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General

Xiao Sihua 蕭思話

Attested AD 420 - AD 479

Passages: 7
Chapters: 4
Histories: 3

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Sihua as an aristocrat, general, named individual, and official. This record brings together 7 passages from 4 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xiao Sihua	蕭思話	Xiao Sihua
Title	General Who Conquers the West	征西將軍
Given	Sihua	思話	Sihua
Personal name	Xiao Sihua	蕭思話	Xiao Sihua
Personal	Xiao Sihua	蕭思話

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liangshu:052:s0135, nanqishu:056:s0031, songshu:071:s0072

Roles

Aristocrat
General
Named Individual
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元嘉二十二年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 22 · Western Year: AD 445
Explicit event contextual date · songshu:071:s0072
Source Date: Text: 劉宋中期 · Western Interval: Start: AD 450 · End: AD 470
Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0031
Source Date: Text: 宋征西儀同三司 · Western Interval: Start: AD 420 · End: AD 479
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0135

Family

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Parent of Xiao Shisu (蕭眎素)
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Parent of Xiao Huiming (蕭惠明)
Kinship Term: father of Huiming / 祖/父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Xiao Huikai (惠開)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: General of the West on Equal Terms with the Three Excellencies / 征西儀同三司 · Action: held
Explicit · liangshu:052:s0135

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: served
Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0031
Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · songshu:071:s0072

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · songshu:071:s0072

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 52Volume 52: The Self-Sufficient · 1 passage

祖思話，宋征西儀同三司； His grandfather Sihua was Song General of the West on Equal Terms with the Three Excellencies;

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 56Volume 56 Biographies 37: Trusted Officials · 1 passage

僧真少隨逐征西將軍蕭思話及子惠開，皆被賞遇。 As a youth Sengzhen followed General Who Conquers the West Xiao Sihua and his son Hui Kai, and both men treated him with favor.

Book of Song, Chapter 69Volume 69 Biographies 29: Liu Zhan, Fan Ye · 4 passages

承祖南下，申義康意於蕭思話及曄，云：「本欲與蕭結婚，恨始意不果。 Chengzu went south and conveyed Yikang's wishes to Xiao Sihua and Ye, saying, "Yikang had wished to arrange a marriage with Xiao and regrets that the plan failed.

質與蕭思話款密，當仗要之，二人並受大將軍眷遇，必無異同。 Zhi and Xiao Sihua are on intimate terms and must be enlisted; both received the Grand General's favor and will surely not waver.

思話三州義故眾力，亦不減質。 Sihua's followers across three provinces are no fewer in strength than Zhi's.

湛之、曄與行中領軍蕭思話、行護軍將軍臧質、行左衛將軍孔熙先、建威將軍孔休先，忠貫白日，誠著幽顯，義痛其心，事傷其目，投命奮戈，萬殞莫顧，即日斬伯符首，及其黨與。 Zhanzhi, Ye, Acting General of the Center Army Xiao Sihua, Acting General Who Protects the Army Zang Zhi, Acting General of the Left Guard Kong Xixian, and General Who Establishes Might Kong Xiuxian, Xixian's younger brother—loyalty shining like the sun, sincerity manifest in hidden and open realms—were pained in heart and wounded in spirit; they risked their lives and brandished weapons, heedless of ten thousand deaths, and on that day cut off Bofu's head and his faction.

Book of Song, Chapter 71Volume 71 Biographies 31: Xu Zhan, Jiang Zhan, Wang Sengchao · 1 passage

又令申情范曄，釋中間之憾，致懷蕭思話，恨婚意未申，謂此僥倖，亦不宣達。 He also had me convey his feelings to Fan Ye to settle their quarrel and express regard for Xiao Sihua, regretting that a marriage alliance had not been concluded; I regarded this as trivial and did not report it either.