Xiao Xian (蕭銑) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xiao Xian was a rebel Ruler and Royal Family Member.

AD 617 十月（大業十三年）
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 87, passages 5, 17
AD 617 大業十三年
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passages 5, 17
AD 618 義寧二年
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 34

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Xiao Cong (蕭琮)
father's cousin 從父 · paternal line
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 35
Descendant of Emperor Xuan of Later Liang (後梁宣帝)
great-grandson 曾孫 · paternal line · 3 generations
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 1
Child of Xiao Xuan (蕭璿)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 35
Child of Mother of Xiao Xian
mother 母
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 3

Later Liang Xiao imperial line 後梁蕭氏
Line paternal · Ancestor Person Id Emperor Xuan of Later Liang (後梁宣帝)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passages 1, 6

copyist 傭書
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 3
magistrate of Luochuan 羅川令
AD 604 to AD 617 隋煬帝在位 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 4
Duke of Liang 梁公
AD 617 十月（大業十三年） · Assumed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 17
King of Liang 梁王
AD 617 大業十三年 · Assumed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 32
imperial maternal relative 外戚
Imperial in law
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 4
Emperor of Liang 皇帝
AD 618 義寧二年 · Declared · 僭稱
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 34

Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passages 17, 32, 34
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 4

AD 617 大業十三年
Letter · Author · With Dong Jingzhen (董景珍)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passages 11-12
AD 617 大業十三年
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passages 14-15, 25

Built altar and sacrificed
AD 617 大業十三年 · Ritual · Officiant · At south of the city 城南
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 32
west to Three Gorges, south to Jiaozhi, north to Han River; 400,000 troops
AD 618 義寧二年前後 · Military · Ruler · Controlled territory
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 39
Fought and lost
AD 617 大業十三年 · Military · Commander · With Shen Liusheng (沈柳生)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 14
Granted posthumous titles
AD 618 義寧二年 · Ritual · Authority
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 35
Marched to
AD 617 大業十三年 · Military · Commander · At Baling 巴陵
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 19
Raised troops
AD 617 大業十三年 · Military · Leader
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 13

Assessment broad-minded and generous, with Emperor Wu of Liang bearing · Mode named-source-report Speaker Dong Jingzhen (董景珍)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 6
filial devotion to his mother; poor in youth; worked as a copyist
Character
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 3