Song, Liao, and Jin · Liao General

Xiao Sixian 蕭嗣先

Xiāo Sìxiān

Attested AD 1114 - AD 1114

Passages
7
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Sixian as a family member, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 7 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xiao Sixian 蕭嗣先 Xiāo Sìxiān
Personal name Sixian 嗣先
Personal Suxian 嗣先 Suxian
Surname Xiao 蕭
Surname Xiao 蕭 Xiao
Personal name Xiao Sixian 蕭嗣先 Xiāo Sìxiān
Descriptive kinship Younger brother of Xiao Fengxian 奉先弟嗣先

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Family Member
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

  • Sibling of Xiao Fengxian (蕭奉先)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Parentage: biological · Subject Relative Age: elder · Object Role: younger-brother · Subject Role: elder-brother · Shared Parentage: uncertain
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother

Career and standing

  • Label: northeast route commander-in-chief / 東北路都統 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 冬十月壬寅朔 · Sexagenary Day: 壬寅 · Lunar Month: 10 · Is New Moon: true · Western Year: AD 1114
    Explicit · liaoshi:027:s0227
  • Label: commander-in-chief / 都統 · Action: appointed
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:102:s0014
  • Label: northeast route commander-in-chief / 東北路都統 · Action: dismissed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 冬十月壬寅朔 · Sexagenary Day: 壬寅 · Lunar Month: 10 · Western Year: AD 1114
    Explicit · liaoshi:027:s0231
  • Label: Acting Minister of Works / 守司空 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:027:s0227
  • Status: dismissal · Action: dismissed
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:102:s0019
  • Label: dismissal from office / 免官 · Action: suffered · Authority Person Id: Yelü Yanxi (延禧)
    Explicit · liaoshi:027:s0231

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Place: Chuhe Ford / 出河店 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四年 · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 1114
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:102:s0014, liaoshi:102:s0015, liaoshi:102:s0016
  • Kind: military · Role: commander-in-chief · Action: led army to encamp at Chuhe Store; army collapsed after Jurchen surprise attack across Huntong River · Place: Chuhe Store / 出河店 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 冬十月壬寅朔 · Sexagenary Day: 壬寅 · Lunar Month: 10 · Is New Moon: true · Western Year: AD 1114
    Explicit · liaoshi:027:s0227, liaoshi:027:s0228, liaoshi:027:s0229

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 27Volume 27 Annals 27: Emperor Tianzuo 1 · 4 passages
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冬十月壬寅朔，一一：以守司空蕭嗣先為東北路都統，靜江軍節度使蕭撻不也為副，發契丹奚軍三千人，中京禁兵及土豪二千人，別選諸路武勇二千餘人，以虞候崔公義為都押官，控鶴指揮邢穎為副，引軍屯出河店。 On the renyin new moon of the tenth winter month — [11]: Acting Minister of Works Xiao Sixian was made northeast route commander-in-chief; Jingjiang Army military commissioner Xiao Tabuye was deputy; three thousand Khitan and Xi troops, Central Capital forbidden troops and local strongmen two thousand, and more than two thousand martial men selected from all routes — with scout-commander Cui Gongyi as chief escort officer and Crane-Control commander Xing Ying as deputy — led the army to encamp at Chuhe Store.
History of Liao, Chapter 102Volume 102 Biographies 32: Xiao Fengxian, Li Chuwen, Zhang Lin, Yelu Yudu · 3 passages
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