Xiao Zifan 蕭子範

Other names

Family

• Child of Birth mother of Xiao Zifan (蕭子範所生母)
  birth mother 所生母 · maternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 65
• Sibling of Xiao Zike (蕭子恪)
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
  sixth younger brother 第六弟 · Uncertain parentage · Uncertain siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 2-3, 63
• Child of Yi, Prince Wenxian of Yuzhang (豫章文獻王嶷)
  younger brother of Zike, hence son of Yi 弟 · paternal line
  Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 35, passages 2, 216
• Sibling of Xiao Zixian (蕭子顯)
  younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 76
• Sibling of Xiao Ziyun (蕭子雲)
  younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 76

• younger brothers all reached prominent rank
  Kinship Role younger brothers · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 74

Career and standing

• Recorder in the Rear Army 後軍記室參軍
  AD 502 天監初 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 65
• Groom of the Heir Apparent 太子洗馬
  AD 492 齊永明十年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 64
• Administrator of Jian'an 建安太守
  Appointed · At Jian'an 建安
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 68
• Chief Clerk to the Prince of Linhe Zhengde, Protector of the Army 護軍臨賀王正德長史
  Appointed · With Zhengde (正德)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 72
• Chief Clerk with Acting Credence 信威長史
  Appointed · With Zhengde (正德)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 73
• Follower / Attendant Gentleman 從事中郎
  Appointed · With Prince of Nanping (南平王)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 68

Places and affiliations

• AD 502 天監元年
  Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 3
• AD 502 天監初
  Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 58, 65
• AD 492 齊永明十年
  Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 64
• At Jian'an 建安 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 68

Learning and skills

• Skill literary composition 文筆 · Level entrusted-with-all-princely-documents
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 70-71

Works and attributed material

• Thousand-Character Classic 千字文
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 70
• Han History 漢書
  Relation Reader
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 77
• Memorial · Author · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 74-75

Events and relationships

• Brought to ruin in Jianwu
  AD 494 to AD 497 建武 · Disaster · Victim · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Emperor Wu of Liang (梁高祖)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 27
• Came to offer thanks
  AD 502 天監元年 · Court · Visitor · At Wende Hall 文德殿 · With Emperor Wu of Liang (梁高祖)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 3
• Thousand-Character Classic 千字文
  Scholarly · Author · Composed · With Prince of Nanping (南平王)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 70
• Drafted all documents of the princely establishment
  Administrative · Drafter · With Prince of Nanping (南平王)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 71
• Held office over ten years without leaving princely establishment
  Political · Official
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 74
• Renowned for wasting from grief
  Mourning · Mourner · With Birth mother of Xiao Zifan (蕭子範所生母)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 66

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment applied the Han History anecdote of Du Qin to himself · Mode self-report
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 77
• Assessment extraordinary talent of the imperial house · Assessor Person Id Prince of Nanping (南平王) · Mode named-speaker Speaker Prince of Nanping (南平王)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 69
• Assessment filial; devastation in mourning was renowned · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 66
• Assessment talent and reputation roughly comparable to Zixian and Ziyun, but bearing fell short, so careers differed · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 76

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 63