Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Royal Family Member and Rebel

Xiao Yan 蕭巖

First attested AD 581; died AD 589

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xiao Yan was a Royal Family Member and Rebel.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Prince Zhonglie of Hejian	河間忠烈王

Life and dates

Death

AD 589 陳亡
Cause Execution · Authority Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 2

Attested activity

AD 581 to AD 589 開皇初
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 2

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Xiao Xuan (蕭璿)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
father 父 · paternal line
Sources vary in certainty · New Book of Tang 87, passages 2, 35
Child of Emperor Xuan of Later Liang (後梁宣帝)
father 父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 87, passages 1-2
Sibling of Father of Xiao Cong
Full siblings · paternal line
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 87, passage 35

Career and standing

Prince Zhonglie of Hejian 河間忠烈王
AD 618 義寧二年 · Posthumously granted · Authority Xiao Xian (蕭銑)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 35

Places and affiliations

Polity Chen 陳 · Relation Defected to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 2
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Rebelled against
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 2

Events and relationships

Rebelled and defected
AD 581 to AD 589 開皇初 · Political · Rebel
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 2

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 87Volume 87 Biographies 12: Xiao, Fu, Shen, Li, Liang · 2 passages

祖巖，開皇初叛隋降陳，陳亡，文帝誅之。 His grandfather Yan, in the early Kaihuang reign, rebelled against Sui and went over to Chen; when Chen fell, Emperor Wen of Sui had him put to death.

追謚從父琮為孝靖帝，祖巖河間忠烈王，父璿文憲王。 He gave posthumous titles to his father's cousin Cong as Emperor Xiaojing, his grandfather Yan as Prince Zhonglie of Hejian, and his father Xuan as Prince Wenxian.