Xiao Te 特

Other names

Family

• Kin of Xiao Zihui (子暉)
  paternal uncle 叔父 · paternal line · Through Xiao Ziyun (子雲)
  Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 35, passages 195, 202
• Child of Xiao Ziyun (子雲)
  son 子 · paternal line
  father 父 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 195, 201

Career and standing

• Magistrate of Haiyan 海鹽令
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 200
• Assistant in the Composition Office 著作佐郎
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 199
• Attendant to the Heir Apparent 太子舍人
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 199
• Chief Clerk of the Xuanhui command 宣惠主簿
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 199
• Recorder of the Central Army 中軍記室
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 199
• dismissal for an affair 坐事免
  Dismissed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 200

Places and affiliations

• Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 197, 199
• At Haiyan 海鹽 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 200

Learning and skills

• Skill cursive and clerical script 草隸 · Level skilled
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 196

Events and relationships

• Calligraphy compared by Gaozu with Ziyun, Zi Jing, and Yishao
  Scholarly · Subject
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 197-198
• Died at age 25 before Ziyun
  Personal · Subject
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 201
• Dismissed from Haiyan magistracy for an affair
  Legal · Subject
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 200

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment calligraphy nearly equal to Ziyun's · Mode speech Speaker Gaozu of Liang (高祖)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 197-198
• Assessment known early for talent · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 196

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 195