Overview
The translated histories identify Xiao Zhuang as an aristocrat, named individual, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 10 passages from 5 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Xiao Zhuang | 蕭莊 | Xiāo Zhuāng |
| Title | Prince of Yongjia | 永嘉王 | |
| Surname | Xiao | 蕭 | Xiāo |
| Personal name | Xiao Zhuang | 蕭莊 | Xiāo Zhuāng |
| Personal name | Xiao Zhuang | 蕭莊 | Xiao Zhuang |
| Given | Zhuang | 莊 | Zhuāng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · beiqishu:033:s0031, chenshu:020:s0149
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Named Individual
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Cause: pent-up grief / 飲氣 · Place: Ye / 鄴 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 後主亡之日 · Western Year: AD 577Explicit · beiqishu:033:s0035
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 乾明元年二月 · Regnal Year: 1 · Lunar Month: 2 · Western Year: AD 560Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:005:s0041
- Source Date: Text: 天保九年 · Western Year: AD 558Explicit · beiqishu:033:s0032
- Source Date: Text: 天嘉二年 · Western Year: AD 561
- Source Date: Text: 後主亡之日 · Western Year: AD 577Explicit · beiqishu:033:s0035
- Source Date: Text: 永定前後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 560Explicit · chenshu:025:s0049
- Source Date: Text: 蕭莊偽署左衛將軍、吳州刺史 · Western Interval: Start: AD 558 · End: AD 560Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:020:s0149
Career and standing
- Status: puppet-ruler · Label: puppet/false appointment authority / 偽署Explicit · chenshu:020:s0149
- Place: Yingzhou / 郢州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天保九年三月 · Western Year: AD 558Explicit · beiqishu:033:s0032
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: appointer · Action: appointed · Other Person Id: Cao Qing (曹慶) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 蕭莊偽署 · Western Interval: Start: AD 558 · End: AD 560Explicit · chenshu:020:s0149
- Kind: political · Role: usurper · Action: declared-emperorExplicit · chenshu:018:s0041
- Kind: military · Role: fugitive · Action: fled-to-hezhou · Place: Hezhou / 和州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾明元年二月 · Regnal Year: 1 · Lunar Month: 2 · Western Year: AD 560Explicit · beiqishu:005:s0041
References in the histories
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