Xiao Xiaoxian (蕭孝先)

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Xiaoxian as an aristocrat, courtier, general, and official. This record brings together 16 passages from 5 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xiao Xiaoxian	蕭孝先	Xiao Xiaoxian
Childhood name	Haili	海裏	Haili
Posthumous name	Loyal and Solemn	忠肅
Title	Prince of Chu	楚王
Title	Prince of Jin	晉王
Title	Prince of Jin	晉王	Jìn Wáng
Surname	Xiao	蕭
Surname	Xiao	蕭	Xiao
Surname	Xiao	蕭	Xiāo
Personal	Xiao Xiaoxian	蕭孝先
Personal	Xiaoxian	孝先	Xiàoxiān
Personal name	Xiaoxian	孝先	Xiàoxiān
Personal name	Xiaoxian	孝先	Xiaoxian
Courtesy name	Yanning	延寧	Yanning

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:065:s0126, liaoshi:080:s0085, liaoshi:087:s0036, liaoshi:100:s0099
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:067:s0192

Roles

Aristocrat
Courtier
General
Official
Royal Family Member
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Explicit · liaoshi:087:s0059

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 太平十一年 · Reign Id: liao-taiping · Regnal Year: 11 · Western Year: AD 1031
Explicit · liaoshi:087:s0048
Source Date: Text: 統和十八年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 18 · Western Year: AD 1000
Explicit · liaoshi:087:s0037
Source Date: Text: 太平三年 · Reign Id: liao-taiping · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 1023
Explicit · liaoshi:087:s0042
Source Date: Text: 大康中 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Western Interval: Start: AD 1075 · End: AD 1084
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:100:s0099
Source Date: Text: 太平末 · Reign Id: liao-taiping · Western Interval: Start: AD 1021 · End: AD 1031
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:065:s0126
Source Date: Text: 興宗仁懿皇后父孝穆 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1031 · End: AD 1055
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:067:s0192, liaoshi:067:s0161
Source Date: Text: 興宗即位 · Western Year: AD 1031
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0085
Source Date: Text: 重熙三年 · Western Year: AD 1034
Explicit · liaoshi:087:s0054
Source Date: Text: 重熙初 · Western Year: AD 1032
Explicit · liaoshi:087:s0051
Source Date: Text: 開泰五年 · Western Year: AD 1016
Explicit · liaoshi:087:s0039

Family

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Ancestor of Xiao Delidi (蕭得裏底)
Kinship Term: grandfather of / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2
Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Subject Role: grandson · Object Role: grandfather
Parent of Sapo (撒缽)
Kinship Term: father of the grandson / 孫 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Child of Taogui (陶瑰)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Spouse of Cuiba (崔八)
Kinship Term: given in marriage / 下嫁 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: formed
Spouse of Princess Nanyang (南陽公主)
Kinship Term: married / 尚 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
Child of Mother of Xiao Xiaomu (蕭孝穆母)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Sibling of Empress Dowager (皇太后)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder sister · Object Role: younger brother
Sibling of Xiao Xiaomu (蕭孝穆)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
Parent of Sama (撒磨)
Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Attendant Gentleman / 祗候郎君 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 統和十八年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 18 · Western Year: AD 1000
Explicit · liaoshi:087:s0037
Label: Commandant of Escort / 駙馬都尉 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:087:s0038
Label: Northern Privy Commissioner / 北院樞密使 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:067:s0192
Title: Prince of Chu / 楚王 · Action: enfeoffed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 重熙初 · Western Year: AD 1032
Explicit · liaoshi:087:s0051
Title: Prince of Jin / 晉王 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0099
Status: entrusted-with-state-affairs · Action: entered
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0085

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: associated
Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0099
Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:067:s0192
Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:087:s0037
Polity Id: liao · Relation: subject-of
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:065:s0126

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: conspirator · Action: plotted-deposition · Other Person Id: Xingzong (興宗) · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 重熙三年 · Western Year: AD 1034
Explicit · liaoshi:087:s0054
Kind: political · Role: conspirator · Action: plotted-murder · Other Person Id: Ren'ade (仁德皇后) · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 太平十一年 · Reign Id: liao-taiping · Regnal Year: 11 · Western Year: AD 1031
Explicit · liaoshi:087:s0049
Kind: military · Role: besieged · Other Person Id: Da Yanlin (大延琳) · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 太平九年 · Reign Id: liao-taiping · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1029
Explicit · liaoshi:087:s0046