Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Administrator

Xiao Yu 蕭昱

Attested AD 502 - AD 524

Passages
9
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Yu as an administrator, aristocrat, official, and royal family member. This record brings together 9 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xiao Yu 蕭昱 Xiao Yu
Posthumous name Respectful
Surname Xiao
Personal name Yu
Given Yu
Courtesy name Zizhen 子真 Zizhen

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • Official
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 天監初 · Western Year: AD 502
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:024:s0099
  • Source Date: Text: 普通五年 · Western Year: AD 524
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0141

Family

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  • Child of Xiao Chongzhi (蕭崇之)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Xiao Jing (蕭景)
    Kinship Term: full elder brother / 同產兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Object Birth Order: 4
  • Child of Lady Mao (毛氏)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: Administrator of Jinling / 晉陵太守 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0143
  • Label: Secretary / 秘書郎 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 天監初 · Western Year: AD 502
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0099
  • Title: Respectful / 恭 · Action: posthumously-titled
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0151
  • Status: exile · Action: entered · Place: Linhai / 臨海郡 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 普通五年 · Western Year: AD 524
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0141
  • Status: dismissal · Action: entered
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0139
  • Label: impeached for casting coin / 坐於宅內鑄錢 · Action: impeached · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 普通五年 · Western Year: AD 524
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0141

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: benevolent transformation moved the people · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liangshu:024:s0147

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 24Volume 24: Xiao Jing; Xiao Chang; Xiao Ang; Xiao Yu · 9 passages