Xiao Ze (蕭賾) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Ze as a ruler. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xiao Ze	蕭賾	Xiāo Zé
Title	Xiao Ze	蕭賾	Xiāo Zé

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Title only
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0113

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 永明 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0113

Family

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Kin of Maternal uncle of Xiao Ze
Kinship Term: maternal uncle / 舅氏 · Intermediary Person Ids: Mother of Xiao Ze
Child of Mother of Xiao Ze
Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother

Career and standing

Action: ordered Liu Daoji to death after officials memorialized the case · Other Person Id: Liu Daoji (劉道濟) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永明八年 · Western Year: AD 490
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0186

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author · Other Person Id: Emperor Gao of Qi (齊高帝) · Statement: Shanyin was governable if the right person were appointed
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0179
Kind: oral assessment · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Pei Zhaoming (裴昭明) · Statement: marveled that Zhaoming returned from commandery service with no house and asked which ancient compared with him
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0144, nanqishu:053:s0145
Kind: oral promise · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Pei Zhaoming (裴昭明) · Statement: praised his diplomatic talent and promised a commandery on return
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0138

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: deeply regretted Mao Huisu's execution after seeing his bare household · Provenance: Mode: named-person-judgment · Source Person Id: Xiao Ze (蕭賾)
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0206
Assessment: first thought Xiuzhi's gift meager, then sighed in admiration on learning of his integrity · Provenance: Mode: named-person-judgment · Source Person Id: Xiao Ze (蕭賾)
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0220

References in the histories

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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 34: Virtuous Officials · 8 passages

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懷慰本名聞慰，世祖卽位，以與舅氏名同，勑改之。 Huaiwei's original name was Wenwei; when Emperor Wu took the throne, an edict changed it because it matched his maternal uncle's name.

永明三年，使虜，世祖謂之曰：「以卿有將命之才，使還，當以一郡相賞。」 In the third year of Yongming he was sent as envoy to the northern barbarians; Emperor Wu said to him, "Because you have talent for bearing imperial orders, when you return I shall reward you with a commandery."

世祖曰：「裴昭明罷郡還，遂無宅。 Emperor Wu said, "Pei Zhaoming returned from leaving a commandery and has no house at all.

世祖啓曰：「縣豈不可治，但用不得其人耳。」 Emperor Wu submitted a memorial saying, "The county is not untamable—it is only that the wrong man has been put in charge."

永明八年，子明典籤劉道濟取府州五十人役自給，又役子明左右，及船仗贓私百萬，爲有司所奏，世祖怒，賜道濟死。 In the eighth year of Yongming, Ziming's chief clerk Liu Daoji conscripted fifty men from the prefecture and province for his own use, also used labor from Ziming's personal attendants, and embezzled a million in ships, arms, and private goods; when the responsible officials memorialized the case, Emperor Wu was furious and ordered Daoji to death.

有讒惠素納利者，世祖怒，勑尚書評賈，貴二十八萬餘，有司奏之，伏誅。 Someone accused Huisu of taking a kickback. Emperor Wu was furious and ordered the Masters of Writing to reassess the price at just over two hundred eighty thousand cash; the authorities memorialized the case, and Huisu was executed.

死後家徒四壁，上甚悔恨。 After his death his home was utterly bare, and the emperor deeply regretted what had been done.

出爲臨海太守，在任清約，罷郡還，獻乾薑二十斤，世祖嫌少，及知琇之清，乃歎息。 He was sent out as grand administrator of Linhai and governed with austere integrity. When his term ended he presented twenty jin of dried ginger as a gift. Emperor Wu at first thought the offering too meager, but on learning how incorrupt Xiuzhi was, he sighed in admiration.