Overview
The translated histories identify Xiao Zong as an aristocrat, general, official, and poet. This record brings together 20 passages from 3 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Xiao Zong | 蕭綜 | Xiao Zong |
| Changed name | Bo | 悖氏 | Bo |
| Courtesy name | Dewen | 德文 | Dewen |
| Title | Prince of Yuzhang | 豫章王 | |
| Title | Prince of Yuzhang | 豫章王 | Yuzhang Wang |
| Title | Prince of Yuzhang | 豫章王 | Yùzhāng wáng |
| Courtesy name | Shiqian | 世謙 | Shiqian |
| Surname | Xiao | 蕭 | Xiao |
| Personal name | Xiao Zong | 蕭綜 | Xiao Zong |
| Personal name | Zong | 綜 | Zong |
| Given name | Zong | 綜 | Zong |
| Personal | Zong | 綜 | Zòng |
| Changed name | Zuan | 纘 | Zuan |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · beiqishu:033:s0079
- Sex: maleExplicit · liangshu:055:s0003, weishu:024:s0109
Roles
- Aristocrat
- General
- Official
- Poet
- Rebel
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: killed · Place: en route from Luoyang / 洛陽北遁 · Age: Value: 49 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大通二年 · Western Year: AD 528Explicit · liangshu:055:s0034
Age
- Value: 49 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大通二年 · Western Year: AD 528Explicit · liangshu:055:s0034
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 大通二年 · Western Year: AD 528Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:055:s0034
- Source Date: Text: 天監三年 · Western Year: AD 504Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:055:s0004
- Source Date: Text: 天監五年 · Western Year: AD 506Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:055:s0005
- Source Date: Text: 天監十三年 · Western Year: AD 514Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:055:s0007
- Source Date: Text: 天監十五年 · Western Year: AD 516Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:055:s0008
- Source Date: Text: 天監十六年 · Western Year: AD 517Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:055:s0009
- Source Date: Text: 天監十年 · Western Year: AD 511Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:055:s0006
- Source Date: Text: 孝昌二年前 · Western Year: AD 525Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:033:s0080, beiqishu:033:s0084
- Source Date: Text: 普通二年 · Western Year: AD 521Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:055:s0010
- Source Date: Text: 普通六年 · Western Year: AD 525Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:055:s0028
- Source Date: Text: 普通四年 · Western Year: AD 523Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:055:s0025
- Source Date: Text: 鎮徐州 · Western Interval: Start: AD 515 · End: AD 528Explicit event contextual date · weishu:024:s0109
Family
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- Sibling of Xiao Ji (蕭紀)Kinship Term: brothers / 兄弟 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: elder
- Child of Dong Hun of Qi (齊東昏)Kinship Term: father and son / 父子 · Parentage: claimed · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Child of Gaozu (高祖)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Xiao Zhi (直)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Child of Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝)Kinship Term: his Prince of Yuzhang / 其豫章王 · Parentage: biological
- Child of Wu Shuyuan (吳淑媛)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Kin of Xiao Baoyin (蕭寶夤)Kinship Term: uncle / 叔父 · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew
Career and standing
- Label: 使持節、都督南徐州諸軍事、仁威將軍、南徐州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監五年 · Western Year: AD 506Explicit · liangshu:055:s0005
- Label: 安右將軍、領石頭戍軍事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監十三年 · Western Year: AD 514Explicit · liangshu:055:s0007
- Label: 西中郎將，兼護軍將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監十五年 · Western Year: AD 516Explicit · liangshu:055:s0008
- Label: 北中郎將、南徐州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監十六年 · Western Year: AD 517Explicit · liangshu:055:s0009
- Label: 都督郢、司、霍三州諸軍事、雲麾將軍、郢州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監十年 · Western Year: AD 511Explicit · liangshu:055:s0006
- Label: 侍中、鎮右將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 普通二年 · Western Year: AD 521Explicit · liangshu:055:s0010
- Label: 使持節、都督南兗兗徐青冀五州諸軍事、平北將軍、南兗州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 普通四年 · Western Year: AD 523Explicit · liangshu:055:s0025
- Label: Attendant-in-Ordinary / 侍中 · Action: appointed · Polity: Wei / 魏Explicit · liangshu:055:s0030
- Title: Prince of Yuzhang / 豫章郡王 · Place: Yuzhang / 豫章 · Households: 2000 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監三年 · Western Year: AD 504Explicit · liangshu:055:s0004
- Title: Prince of Yuzhang / 豫章郡王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監三年 · Western Year: AD 504Explicit · liangshu:055:s0004
- Status: stripped of rank and fief · Action: attainted · Label: stripped of rank and genealogical registration / 削爵土，絕屬籍Explicit · liangshu:055:s0032
Places and affiliations
- Label: Liang / 梁 · Relation: servedExplicit · liangshu:055:s0003
- Label: Liang · Relation: associated-withExplicit · liangshu:055:s0003
- Place: Pengcheng / 彭城 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 普通六年 · Western Year: AD 525Explicit · liangshu:055:s0028
Learning and skills
- Skill: literary composition / 屬文 · Level: skilledExplicit · liangshu:055:s0013
Works and attributed material
- Work: Grieving Fallen Leaves / 悲落葉 · Relation: authorExplicit · liangshu:055:s0035, liangshu:055:s0048
- Work: Listening to the Bell / 聽鐘鳴 · Relation: authorExplicit · liangshu:055:s0035, liangshu:055:s0037
- Kind: poem · Role: author · Work: Grieving Fallen Leaves / 悲落葉
- Kind: poem · Role: author · Work: Listening to the Bell / 聽鐘鳴
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: defector · Action: fled-to · Other Person Id: Yuan Yanming (元延明) · Place: Pengcheng / 彭城 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 普通六年 · Western Year: AD 525Explicit · liangshu:055:s0030
- Kind: military · Role: garrison-commander · Action: garrisoned · Place: Xuzhou / 徐州Explicit · weishu:024:s0109
- Kind: military · Role: defector · Action: surrenderedExplicit · weishu:024:s0111
- Relation: contacted · Person Id: Xiao Baoyin (蕭寶夤)Explicit · liangshu:055:s0026
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: cruel and violent in government · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:055:s0017
- Assessment: rebelled and brought extinction on himself · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:055:s0184
Source notes
- From: Zong / 綜 · To: Zuan / 纘 · Also Styled: Dewen / 德文Explicit · liangshu:055:s0031
References in the histories
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