Song, Liao, and Jin · Aristocrat

Xiao Xiaozhong 蕭孝忠

Died AD 1043

Passages
16
Chapters
5
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Xiaozhong as an administrator, aristocrat, courtier, and family member. 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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xiao Xiaozhong 蕭孝忠 Xiao Xiaozhong
Posthumous name King of Chu 楚國王
Title Prince of Chu 楚王
Courtesy name Saban 撒板 Sǎbǎn
Childhood name Tugusi 圖古斯 Túgǔsī
Surname Xiao
Surname Xiao Xiao
Personal Xiao Xiaozhong 蕭孝忠
Personal name Xiao Xiaozhong 蕭孝忠 Xiāo Xiàozhōng
Personal Xiaozhong 孝忠 Xiàozhōng
Given name Xiaozhong 孝忠
Personal name Xiaozhong 孝忠 Xiaozhong

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • Courtier
  • Family Member
  • Named Individual
  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十二年 · Western Year: AD 1043
    Explicit · liaoshi:019:s0087
  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重熙12年 · Western Year: AD 1043
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0099

Attested activity

Family

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  • Sibling of Xiao Xiaoyou (蕭孝友)
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: full
  • Spouse of Shuogu (槊古)
    Kinship Term: given in marriage / 下嫁 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: formed
  • Spouse of Princess Yueguo (越國公主)
    Kinship Term: princess (married to) / 公主 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: formed
    Kinship Term: married / 尚 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: formed
  • Parent of Asu (阿速)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Sibling of Xiao Xiaomu (蕭孝穆)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full

Career and standing

  • Label: attendant gentleman / 祗候郎君 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 開泰中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1012 · End: AD 1021
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0089
  • Label: chancellor of the Northern Prefecture / 北府宰相 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 太平中 · Reign Id: liao-taiping · Western Interval: Start: AD 1021 · End: AD 1031
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0090
  • Label: chief inspector of the Palace Front / 殿前都點檢 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0089
  • Label: commissioner of the imperial son-in-law / 駙馬都尉 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0089
  • Label: commissioner of the Northern Chancellery / 北院樞密使 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 重熙12年 · Western Year: AD 1043
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0096
  • Label: defender of the Eastern Capital / 東京留守 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 重熙7年 · Western Year: AD 1038
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0091
  • Label: Northern Privy Commissioner / 北院樞密使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:019:s0069
  • Label: Eastern Capital regent / 東京留守 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:019:s0023
  • Label: Northern Privy Commissioner / 北院樞密使 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:067:s0204
  • Title: Prince of Chu / 楚王 · Action: enfeoffed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 重熙12年 · Western Year: AD 1043
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0096
  • Title: King of Chu / 楚國王 · Action: posthumously-enfeoffed
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0100
  • Title: Prince of Chu / 楚王 · Action: enfeoffed
    Explicit · liaoshi:019:s0069
  • Title: King of Chu / 楚國王 · Action: posthumously-enfeoffed
    Explicit · liaoshi:019:s0103

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: had qualities worthy of praise · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0086
  • Kind: character · Statement: noted for bold generosity
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0088
  • Item: palace households to guard the tomb / 宮戶守冢 · Relation: bestowed-for-tomb
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0102

Source notes

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 19Volume 19 Annals 19: Xingzong 2 · 4 passages
壬申,以吳國王蕭孝穆為南院樞密使,北府宰相蕭孝忠北院樞密使,封楚王,韓國王蕭惠北府宰相、同知元帥府事,韓八南院大王,耶律侯哂東京留守,北院樞密副使耶律仁先同知東京留守事,北面林牙蕭革北院樞密副使。 On renshen day Prince of Wu Xiao Xiaomu was appointed Southern Privy Commissioner; Northern Chancellor Xiao Xiaozhong was made Northern Privy Commissioner and enfeoffed as Prince of Chu; Prince of Han Xiao Hui was made Northern Chancellor and co-administrator of the marshal headquarters; Han Ba was made Southern Court great king; Yelü Houshen was appointed Eastern Capital regent; Northern Privy Vice Commissioner Yelü Renxian was made co-administrator of Eastern Capital regent affairs; and Northern Court linya Xiao Ge was appointed Northern Privy Vice Commissioner.
History of Liao, Chapter 65Volume 65 Tables 3: Princesses · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 67Volume 67 Tables 5: Families of Imperial Consorts · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 81Volume 81 Biographies 11: Yelu Shilu, Wang Jizhong, Xiao Xiaozhong, Chen Zhaogun, Xiao Hezhuo · 8 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 87Volume 87 Biographies 17: · 2 passages