Xiao Yu (蕭瑀) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xiao Yu was an official.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 626 太宗即位
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 56, passages 50-52
AD 604 to AD 618 瑀曆官
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 79, passage 199
AD 626 to AD 649 蕭瑀請圖狀
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 21, passage 208
AD 617 高祖定關中
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 230

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Xiao Kui (蕭巋)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 79, passage 199

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices 太常卿
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 208
Governor of Hechi 河池太守
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 199
Prefect 郡守
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 230
Vice Director of the Palace Secretariat 內史侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 199

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 21, passage 208
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 50

Works and attributed material

AD 626 太宗即位
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Wang Gui (王珪), Chen Shuda (陳叔達)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 56, passages 50-52
request to diagram victories 請圖破敵之狀
Speech · Speaker · With Taizong (太宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 208

Events and relationships

Led magnates in allegiance with
Political · Prefect · With Doulu Kuan (豆盧寬)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 230
Relation Advisor of · Person Taizong (太宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 50
Relation Minister of · Person Taizong (太宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 208

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 50

References in the histories

Book of Sui, Chapter 79Volume 79 Biographies 44: Imperial Affines · 1 passage

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瑀，曆內史侍郎、河池太守。 Yu served as vice director of the palace secretariat and governor of Hechi.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 21Volume 21 Treatises 11: Rites and Music 11 · 1 passage

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太常卿蕭瑀曰：「樂所以美盛德形容，而有所未盡，陛下破劉武周、薛舉、竇建德、王世充，願圖其狀以識。」 Director Xiao Yu said: "Music should glorify virtue fully—yet victories over Liu Wuzhou, Xue Ju, Dou Jiande, and Wang Shichong remain undepicted; let us chart them."

New Book of Tang, Chapter 56Volume 56 Treatises 52: Punishment and Law · 1 passage

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王珪、蕭瑀、陳叔達對曰：「受刑者當死而獲生，豈憚去一趾？ Wang Gui, Xiao Yu, and Chen Shuda replied, "A man who deserves death but is allowed to live—would he shrink from losing a toe?

New Book of Tang, Chapter 114Volume 114 Biographies 39: Cui Rong and Descendent Cong, Descendent Neng, Neng's Nephew: Shen You, Neng's Nephew an Qian, Neng's Son: Yan Ceng, Xu Yanbo, Su Weidao, Dou Lu Qin Wang · 1 passage

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高祖定關中，與郡守蕭瑀率豪姓進款。 When Gaozu secured Guanzhong, Kuan and the prefect Xiao Yu led the local magnates in submitting allegiance.