Xiao Yi (蕭繹) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Yi as a general, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 20 passages from 5 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xiao Yi	蕭繹	Xiao Yi
Title	Emperor Shizu
Title	Emperor Yuan of Liang	梁元帝
Title	Liang's Emperor Yuan	梁元帝
Title	Prince of Xiangdong	湘東王	Xiangdong wang
Title	Prince of Xiangdong	湘東王
Temple name	Shizu	世祖	Shizu
Temple	Shizu	世祖	Shìzǔ
Personal name	Xiao Yi	蕭繹	Xiao Yi
Given	Yi	繹	Yi
Personal name	Yi	繹

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · chenshu:029:s0044, liangshu:008:s0237, suishu:079:s0111
Sex: male
Explicit · liangshu:008:s0250, liangshu:043:s0003

Roles

General
Royal Family Member
Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Place: Jingcheng / 荊城 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 西魏師陷荊城 · Western Year: AD 554
Explicit · liangshu:008:s0256

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 世祖平侯景 · Western Year: AD 552
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:043:s0063
Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 / 嗣位 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 555
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:079:s0111, suishu:079:s0112
Source Date: Text: 大寶二年三月己丑次年 · Western Year: AD 552
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:004:s0128
Source Date: Text: 大寶元年八月甲午 · Western Year: AD 550
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:004:s0090
Source Date: Text: 太清初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 547 · End: AD 548
Explicit · liangshu:008:s0251, liangshu:008:s0252
Source Date: Text: 承制至江陵陷 · Western Interval: Start: AD 552 · End: AD 554
Explicit · chenshu:029:s0044, chenshu:029:s0086
Source Date: Text: 承聖元年 · Western Year: AD 552
Explicit · liangshu:008:s0254, liangshu:008:s0255
Source Date: Text: 西魏師陷荊城 · Western Year: AD 554
Explicit · liangshu:008:s0256
Source Date: Text: 頗有世祖風 · Western Interval: Start: AD 552 · End: AD 554
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:008:s0237

Family

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Parent of Xiao Yuanliang (元良)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 4
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kin of Xiao Cha (蕭詧)
Kinship Term: paternal uncle / 叔父 · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew · Line: paternal

Places and affiliations

Label: Liang / 梁 · Relation: ruled
Strongly inferred · liangshu:008:s0237

Events and relationships

Kind: ritual · Role: authority · Action: posthumously-honored · Other Person Id: Emperor Xuan (高宗) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 次年三月己丑 · Western Year: AD 552
Explicit · liangshu:004:s0128