Overview
The translated histories identify Xiao Song as an official and statesman. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Xiao Song | 蕭嵩 | Xiao Song |
| Title | Chief Minister | 中書令 | Zhōngshū Lìng |
| Title | Secretariat Director | 中書令 | |
| Given | Song | 嵩 | Sōng |
| Given name | Song | 嵩 | Sōng |
| Surname | Xiao | 蕭 | Xiāo |
| Personal name | Xiao Song | 蕭嵩 | Xiao Song |
| Personal name | Xiao Song | 蕭嵩 | Xiāo Sōng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
Roles
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 開元二十年 · Western Year: AD 732Explicit event contextual date · jiutangshu:027:s0083
- Source Date: Text: 開元二十年 · Western Year: AD 732Explicit · xintangshu:020:s0100, xintangshu:020:s0102
- Source Date: Text: 開元十八年後 · Western Year: AD 730Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:045:s0157, xintangshu:045:s0159
Career and standing
- Label: Chief Minister / Secretariat Director / 中書令 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:020:s0102
- Label: Secretariat Director / 中書令 · Action: heldExplicit · jiutangshu:027:s0083, xintangshu:045:s0159
Places and affiliations
- Label: Tang / 唐 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · xintangshu:045:s0159
- Polity: Tang / 唐 · Relation: servedExplicit · jiutangshu:027:s0083, xintangshu:020:s0102
Events and relationships
- Kind: administrative · Role: reformer · Action: abolished-seniority-regulationsExplicit · xintangshu:045:s0159
- Kind: ritual · Role: reviser · Action: revised Five Rites with academiciansExplicit · jiutangshu:027:s0083, jiutangshu:027:s0084
- Kind: scholarly · Role: reviser · Action: revised-five-rites · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開元二十年 · Western Year: AD 732Explicit · xintangshu:020:s0100, xintangshu:020:s0102
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · xintangshu:020:s0102, xintangshu:045:s0159
References in the histories
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