Xiao Ziliang (蕭子良)

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Ziliang as an aristocrat, official, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 22 passages from 8 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xiao Ziliang	蕭子良	Xiao Ziliang
Title	Prince of Jingling	竟陵王
Title	Prince of Jingling	竟陵王	Jingling wang
Title	Prince of Jingling	竟陵王	Jìnglíng Wáng
Title	Prince of Jingling Ziliang	竟陵王子良
Title	Prince of Jingling, Zi Liang	竟陵王子良
Title	Prince Ziliang of Jingling	竟陵王子良	Jìnglíng Wáng Zǐliáng
Title	Qi's prince of Jingling	齊竟陵王
Personal name	Xiao Ziliang	蕭子良	Xiao Ziliang
Personal	Xiao Ziliang		Xiao Ziliang
Personal name	Xiao Ziliang	子良	Ziliang
Personal	Xiao Ziliang	蕭子良	Xiāo Zǐliáng
Personal name	Zi Liang	子良
Personal	Zi Liang	子良
Given	Ziliang	子良	Ziliang
Personal name	Ziliang	子良	Zǐliáng
Given	Ziliang	子良	Zǐliáng
Personal name	Ziliang	子良	Ziliang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liangshu:016:s0007, nanqishu:004:s0015, nanqishu:017:s0047, nanqishu:021:s0073, nanqishu:048:s0087
Sex: male
Explicit · nanqishu:020:s0010

Roles

Aristocrat
Official
Royal Family Member
Ruler
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 隆昌元年夏四月戊子 · Western Year: AD 494
Explicit · nanqishu:004:s0124

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: AD 489-493 · Western Interval: Start: AD 489 · End: AD 493
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:048:s0087
Source Date: Text: 世祖永明初 · Western Year: AD 483
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:017:s0046, nanqishu:017:s0047
Source Date: Text: 五年冬 · Western Year: AD 487
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:021:s0052, nanqishu:021:s0073
Source Date: Text: 宋世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 493
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:020:s0118
Source Date: Text: 永明 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493
Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0012, nanqishu:047:s0142
Source Date: Text: 永明中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:021:s0100
Source Date: Text: 隆昌元年 · Western Year: AD 494
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:004:s0124
Source Date: Text: 竟陵王 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493
Explicit · liangshu:014:s0118
Source Date: Text: 鬱林前後 · Western Year: AD 494
Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0148, nanqishu:047:s0179
Source Date: Text: 齊 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493
Explicit · liangshu:016:s0007

Family

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Spouse of Lady Yuan (袁氏)
Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: marriage

Career and standing

Label: Grand Tutor / 太傅 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太孫卽位 · Western Year: AD 493
Explicit · nanqishu:004:s0015
Label: extraordinary rites / 殊禮 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 隆昌元年 · Western Year: AD 494
Explicit · nanqishu:004:s0034
Title: Prince of Jingling / 竟陵王 · Action: held
Explicit · nanqishu:017:s0047

Places and affiliations

Polity: Southern Qi · Relation: served
Explicit · nanqishu:017:s0047

Learning and skills

Belief: Buddhism / 釋氏 · Relation: adherent-of
Explicit · nanqishu:021:s0100

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author · Other Person Id: Emperor Wu of Qi (齊武帝)
Explicit · nanqishu:017:s0047, nanqishu:017:s0048, nanqishu:017:s0049
Kind: speech · Role: speaker
Explicit · nanqishu:021:s0073, nanqishu:021:s0074

Events and relationships

Kind: charitable · Role: co-founder · Action: founded · Organization: Six Diseases Hospices / 六疾館
Explicit · nanqishu:021:s0100
Kind: political · Role: intercessor · Action: pleaded-to-spare · Other Person Id: Emperor Ming of Qi (齊明帝)
Explicit · nanqishu:021:s0127
Relation: subject-of · Person Id: Emperor Wu of Qi (齊武帝)
Explicit · nanqishu:017:s0046, nanqishu:017:s0047