Overview
The translated histories identify Xiao Tong as an editor, poet, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 33 passages from 7 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Xiao Tong | 蕭統 | Xiao Tong |
| Title | Crown Prince | 皇太子 | |
| Title | Crown Prince Zhaoming | 昭明太子 | Zhāomíng Tàizǐ |
| Title | Crown Prince Zhaoming | 昭明太子 | Zhaoming Taizi |
| Title | Crown Prince Zhaoming | 昭明太子 | |
| Courtesy name | Deshi | 德施 | Deshi |
| Personal name | Tong | 統 | Tong |
| Given name | Tong | 統 | Tong |
| Given name | Tong | 統 | |
| Surname | Xiao | 蕭 | Xiao |
| Personal name | Xiao Tong | 蕭統 | Xiao Tong |
| Personal name | Xiao Tong | 蕭統 | |
| Posthumous name | Zhaoming | 昭明 | Zhaoming |
| Title | Zhaoming | 昭明 | Zhāomíng |
| Temple name | Zhaoming | 昭明 | Zhaoming |
| Posthumous name | Zhaoming | 昭明 | Zhāomíng |
| Title | Zhaoming Crown Prince | 昭明太子 | Zhaoming taizi |
| Title | Zhaoming Heir Apparent | 昭明太子 | Zhaoming Taizi |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · liangshu:036:s0041, suishu:079:s0109
Roles
- Editor
- Poet
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
- Scholar
- Writer
Life and dates
Birth
- Place: Xiangyang / 襄陽 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 齊中興元年九月 · Western Year: AD 501Explicit · liangshu:008:s0246
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中大通三年四月乙巳 · Western Year: AD 531Explicit · liangshu:004:s0020, liangshu:008:s0109
Age
- Age: 31 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中大通三年四月乙巳 · Western Year: AD 531Explicit · liangshu:008:s0109
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 中大通三年三月至五月 · Western Year: AD 531
- Source Date: Text: 中大通三年四月乙巳 · Western Year: AD 531Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:004:s0020
- Source Date: Text: 中大通二年春 · Western Year: AD 530Explicit · liangshu:008:s0086, liangshu:008:s0087
- Source Date: Text: 天監二年 · Western Year: AD 503Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:004:s0003
- Source Date: Text: 天監五年五月庚戌 · Western Year: AD 506Explicit · liangshu:008:s0004
- Source Date: Text: 天監元年十一月 · Western Year: AD 502Explicit · liangshu:008:s0248
- Source Date: Text: 天監八年九月 · Western Year: AD 509Explicit · liangshu:008:s0007
- Source Date: Text: 天監初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 512Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:037:s0008
- Source Date: Text: 天監十四年正月朔旦 · Western Year: AD 515Explicit · liangshu:008:s0009
- Source Date: Text: 昭明太子薨 · Western Year: AD 531Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:036:s0041
- Source Date: Text: 普通七年十一月 · Western Year: AD 526Explicit · liangshu:008:s0051
- Source Date: Text: 普通三年十一月 · Western Year: AD 522Explicit · liangshu:008:s0022, liangshu:008:s0024
- Source Date: Text: 普通中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 520 · End: AD 527Explicit · liangshu:008:s0079
- Source Date: Text: 普通二年 · Western Year: AD 521Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:055:s0129
- Source Date: Text: 普通元年四月 · Western Year: AD 520Explicit · liangshu:008:s0021
- Source Date: Text: 梁昭明太子 · Western Interval: Start: AD 501 · End: AD 531Explicit event contextual date · suishu:079:s0109
- Source Date: Text: 義師起時 · Western Year: AD 501Explicit · liangshu:007:s0092
- Source Date: Text: 齊中興元年九月 · Western Year: AD 501Explicit · liangshu:008:s0246
Family
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- Ancestor of Xiao Kui (蕭巋)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
- Kin of Xiao Dan (憺)Kinship Term: collateral kin / 傍親 · Line: paternal
- Child of Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Subject Birth Order: 1
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Line: paternal - Parent of Xiao Yu (蕭譽)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 2
- Child of Gaozu (高祖)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Child of Gaozu (高祖)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
- Child of Honored Consort Mu (穆貴嬪)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother · Line: maternal
- Child of Honored Concubine Ding (丁貴嬪)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Child of Noble Consort Ding Lingguang (丁令光)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological
- Sibling of Emperor Xuan (高宗)Kinship Term: younger brother by the same mother / 母弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother
Career and standing
- Label: Crown Prince / 皇太子 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監元年十一月 · Western Year: AD 502Explicit · liangshu:008:s0248
- Label: posthumous name Zhaoming / 諡昭明 · Action: bestowed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中大通三年 · Western Year: AD 531Explicit · liangshu:008:s0112
- Title: Crown Prince Zhaoming / 昭明太子 · Action: heldExplicit · liangshu:007:s0092
Places and affiliations
- Place: Anning Mausoleum / 安寧陵 · Relation: buried-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中大通三年五月庚寅 · Western Year: AD 531Explicit · liangshu:008:s0113
- Place: Eastern Palace / 東宮 · Relation: resided-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監五年五月庚戌 · Western Year: AD 506Explicit · liangshu:008:s0004
- Place: Xiangyang / 襄陽 · Relation: born-atExplicit · liangshu:008:s0246
Learning and skills
- Subject: Classic of Filial Piety and Analects / 孝經論語 · Age: 3Explicit · liangshu:008:s0003
- Subject: Five Classics / 五經 · Age: 5Explicit · liangshu:008:s0003
- Belief: Buddhism / 三寶 · Relation: adherent-ofExplicit · liangshu:008:s0017
- Skill: poetry / 賦詩 · Level: renownedExplicit · liangshu:008:s0014, liangshu:008:s0015
- Skill: rapid reading and memory / 讀書數行並下 · Level: renownedExplicit · liangshu:008:s0013
Works and attributed material
- Work: Literary Selections / 文選 · Role: compilerExplicit · liangshu:008:s0215
- Work: Collected Works / 文集 · Relation: author · Volumes: 20Explicit · liangshu:008:s0212
- Work: Correct Sequence / 正序 · Relation: compiler · Volumes: 10Explicit · liangshu:008:s0213
- Work: Literary Flowers / 文章英華 · Relation: compiler · Volumes: 20Explicit · liangshu:008:s0214
- Work: Literary Selections / 文選 · Relation: compiler · Volumes: 30Explicit · liangshu:008:s0215
- Explicit · liangshu:008:s0087, liangshu:008:s0088, liangshu:008:s0089, liangshu:008:s0090, liangshu:008:s0091, liangshu:008:s0092, liangshu:008:s0093, liangshu:008:s0094, liangshu:008:s0095, liangshu:008:s0096, liangshu:008:s0097, liangshu:008:s0098, liangshu:008:s0099, liangshu:008:s0100, liangshu:008:s0101
- Kind: order · Role: author · Quoted: trueExplicit · liangshu:008:s0032, liangshu:008:s0033, liangshu:008:s0034, liangshu:008:s0035, liangshu:008:s0036, liangshu:008:s0037, liangshu:008:s0038, liangshu:008:s0039, liangshu:008:s0040, liangshu:008:s0041, liangshu:008:s0042, liangshu:008:s0043, liangshu:008:s0044, liangshu:008:s0045, liangshu:008:s0046, liangshu:008:s0047, liangshu:008:s0048
- Kind: quotation · Role: speaker · Quoted: trueExplicit · liangshu:008:s0075
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: trueExplicit · liangshu:008:s0108
Events and relationships
- Kind: ritual · Role: recipient · Action: capped · Place: Hall of Supreme Ultimate / 太極殿 · Other Person Id: Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監十四年正月朔旦 · Western Year: AD 515Explicit · liangshu:008:s0009
- Kind: personal · Role: mourner · Action: extreme mourning for mother · Other Person Id: Honored Concubine Ding (丁貴嬪) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 普通七年十一月 · Western Year: AD 526
- Kind: ritual · Role: lecturer · Action: lectured on Classic of Filial Piety · Place: Shou'an Hall / 壽安殿 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監八年九月 · Western Year: AD 509Explicit · liangshu:008:s0007
- Kind: political · Role: author · Action: memorial opposing canal corvée · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中大通二年春 · Western Year: AD 530
- Kind: omen · Role: beneficiary · Action: sweet dew fell on Huiyi Hall · Place: Huiyi Hall / 慧義殿 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 普通元年四月 · Western Year: AD 520Explicit · liangshu:008:s0021
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: humane and filial · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:008:s0005
- Assessment: humane in legal judgments · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:008:s0067
- Assessment: humane virtue long renowned · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:008:s0209
- Kind: physical-description · Statement: waist reduced by more than half from extreme mourningExplicit · liangshu:008:s0063
- Item: golden Boshan ornament on Far-Wandering cap / 金博山 · Relation: bestowed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監十四年 · Western Year: AD 515Explicit · liangshu:008:s0010, liangshu:008:s0011
- Item: Eastern Palace book collection ~30,000 juan / 東宮書幾三萬卷 · Relation: possessedExplicit · liangshu:008:s0072
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · liangshu:037:s0008
References in the histories
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