Xiao Yaoguang, Prince of Shi'an (始安王遙光)

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Yaoguang, Prince of Shi'an as an administrator, official, rebel, and royal family member. This record brings together 10 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xiao Yaoguang, Prince of Shi'an	始安王遙光	Shǐ'ān Wáng Yáoguāng
Title	Prince of Shi'an	始安王	Shǐ'ān Wáng
Title	Prince of Shi'an	始安
Title	Prince of Shi'an	始安王	Shi'an Wang
Title	Prince Yaoguang of Shi'an	始安王遙光
Title	The prince	主王
Personal name	Yaoguang	遙光	Yáoguāng
Personal	Yaoguang	遙光	Yáoguāng
Personal name	Yaoguang	遙光	Yaoguang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liangshu:007:s0184, nanqishu:047:s0235, nanqishu:050:s0017, nanqishu:055:s0250, nanqishu:055:s0252

Roles

Administrator
Official
Rebel
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: executed
Explicit · nanqishu:050:s0022

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 刺史始安王遙光反 · Western Year: AD 499
Explicit · nanqishu:055:s0252
Source Date: Text: 始安王遙光誅 · Western Year: AD 499
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:050:s0017
Source Date: Text: 建武元年 · Western Year: AD 494
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:050:s0017
Source Date: Text: 明帝崩 · Western Year: AD 498
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:055:s0249, nanqishu:055:s0250
Source Date: Text: 東昏 · Western Year: AD 499
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:047:s0235, nanqishu:047:s0237
Source Date: Text: 齊末 · Western Interval: Start: AD 498 · End: AD 501
Explicit · liangshu:007:s0184, liangshu:007:s0185

Family

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Spouse of Ruan Lingying (阮令嬴)
Kinship Term: taken as wife / 納 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: ended

Career and standing

Label: Governor / 刺史 · Action: held · Place: Yangzhou / 揚州
Strongly inferred · nanqishu:055:s0248, nanqishu:055:s0252
Title: Prince of Shi'an / 始安王 · Action: held
Explicit · liangshu:007:s0184, nanqishu:047:s0235, nanqishu:055:s0252
Status: rebel · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 刺史始安王遙光反 · Western Year: AD 499
Explicit · nanqishu:055:s0252

Places and affiliations

Label: Southern Qi / 南齊 · Relation: member-of-royal-house
Strongly inferred · nanqishu:055:s0252
Polity: Southern Qi / 南齊 · Relation: member-of
Strongly inferred · nanqishu:047:s0235
Organization: Southern Qi / 南齊 · Relation: affiliated-with
Explicit · nanqishu:050:s0001

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author · Other Person Id: Xie Tiao (謝朓)
Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0240, nanqishu:047:s0241, nanqishu:047:s0242, nanqishu:047:s0243, nanqishu:047:s0244, nanqishu:047:s0245

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: rebel · Action: defeated
Explicit · liangshu:007:s0185
Kind: legal · Role: accuser · Action: joint-memorial-for-execution · Other Person Id: Xie Tiao (謝朓)
Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0240, nanqishu:047:s0241, nanqishu:047:s0242, nanqishu:047:s0243, nanqishu:047:s0244, nanqishu:047:s0245
Kind: political · Role: proposed-candidate · Action: proposed-as-successor
Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0235
Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: rebelled-and-failed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 刺史始安王遙光反 · Western Year: AD 499
Explicit · nanqishu:055:s0252
Kind: political · Role: instigator · Action: sought-alliance · Other Person Id: Xie Tiao (謝朓)
Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0237
Kind: legal · Role: arresting-authority · Action: summoned-and-remanded · Other Person Id: Xie Tiao (謝朓)
Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0240
Relation: sought-as-confidant · Person Id: Xie Tiao (謝朓)
Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0237

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: holds great territory but lacks strength; cannot restore order · Provenance: Mode: named-person-speech · Speaker Person Id: Lu Xian (陸閑)
Explicit · nanqishu:055:s0250