Xiao Baojuan (蕭寶卷)

Overview

Xiao Baojuan was a Marquis of Donghun and Emperor.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Changed name	Mingxian	明賢	Mingxian
Courtesy name	Zhizang	智藏	Zhizang
Posthumous name	young emperor	少帝	Shaodi

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 499 永元元年閏月丙子
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 39-40
AD 499 永元元年春正月戊寅
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 15-16
AD 499 永元元年正月癸卯
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 19
AD 499 永元元年正月辛卯
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 17-18
AD 498 永泰元年冬十月己未
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 12
AD 494 建武元年十一月己丑
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 66

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AD 494 建武元年十一月戊子
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 64
AD 498 永泰元年十一月戊子
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 13
AD 499 永元元年二月癸丑
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 20
AD 499 永元元年二月
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 21
AD 499 永元元年夏四月己巳
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 22
AD 499 永元元年四月甲戌
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 23
AD 499 永元元年五月癸亥
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 24
AD 499 永元元年六月己酉
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 25
AD 499 永元元年六月甲子
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 27
AD 499 永元元年六月癸亥
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 26
AD 499 永元元年秋七月丁亥
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 28
AD 498 永泰元年七月己酉
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 5
AD 498 永泰元年八月丁巳
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 6-9
AD 499 永元元年八月丙辰
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 33-35
AD 499 永元元年八月乙巳
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 29-30
AD 499 永元元年八月己巳
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 38
AD 499 永元元年八月己未
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 37
AD 498 永泰元年八月庚申
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 10-11
AD 499 永元元年八月戊午
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 36
AD 499 永元元年九月丁未
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 41
AD 499 永元元年九月壬戌
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 42
AD 499 永元元年九月辛未
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 43
AD 494 建武元年
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 3
AD 501 中興元年
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 8, passage 71
AD 498 to AD 501 東昏卽位
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 50, passage 20
AD 501 東昏末
Directly stated · Book of Liang 14, passage 287
AD 498 to AD 501 蕭寶卷在位
Directly stated · Book of Wei 81, passage 95
AD 493 to AD 494 高宗輔政後
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 1-2

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Empress Chu (褚皇后)
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage · AD 498 永泰元年十一月戊子
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 13
Child of Empress Jing (敬皇后)
bore 生
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 50, passage 7
Sibling of Xiao Baoyin (蕭寶寅)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 1, 11
Sibling of Bao You (寶攸)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 1, 20
Sibling of Bao Yi (寶義)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 1, 10
Sibling of Xiao Baoxuan (蕭寶玄)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 1, 37
Sibling of Xiao Baorong (蕭寶融)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 1, 19
Child of Emperor Ming (明帝)
crown prince 皇太子
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 64
Child of High Ancestor (高宗)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 1
Child of Emperor Ming of Southern Qi (明帝)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 50, passage 7
Parent of Xiao Song (蕭誦)
son 子
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 22

Key source chapters

Career and standing

emperor 皇帝
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 5, 17
Prince of Fuling 涪陵王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 8, passage 72
Marquis of Lingyang 零陽侯
Proposed refused
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 8, passage 71
Crown Prince 皇太子
AD 494 建武元年十一月戊子 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 64
Appointed
AD 494 建武元年 · Crown prince
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 3
Established
AD 494 建武元年十一月戊子 · Crown prince
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 64

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Held
Commoner
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 8, passage 71
Proclaimed
AD 499 永元元年春正月戊寅 · Amnesty
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 15
Proclaimed
AD 499 永元元年夏四月己巳 · Amnesty
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 22
Proclaimed
AD 499 永元元年八月丙辰 · Partial amnesty · At capital 京邑
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 33
Proclaimed
AD 499 永元元年九月壬戌 · Amnesty
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 42
Ascended
AD 498 永泰元年七月己酉
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 5

Places and affiliations

Southern Qi 南齊
Relation Member of
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 8, passage 71
Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 64
Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 1, 5
Organization Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Affiliated with
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 50, passage 1

Works and attributed material

AD 499 永元元年春正月戊寅
Edict · Author
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 15-16
AD 499 永元元年正月辛卯
Edict · Author
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 18
AD 498 永泰元年冬十月己未
Edict · Author
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 12
AD 499 永元元年六月甲子
Edict · Author
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 27
AD 499 永元元年秋七月丁亥
Edict · Author
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 28
AD 498 永泰元年八月丁巳
Edict · Author
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 6-9

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AD 499 永元元年八月丙辰
Edict · Author
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 33
AD 499 永元元年八月乙巳
Edict · Author
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 29-30
Speech · Speaker · Quote 江夏尚爾，豈復可罪餘人。
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 50, passage 37

Events and relationships

Ordered flood relief
AD 499 永元元年秋七月丁亥 · Disaster response · Authority · At capital 京師
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 28
Ordered name lists burned
Legal · Authority
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 50, passage 37
Ordered suppression of rebellion
AD 499 永元元年八月丙辰 · Political · Authority · With Xiao Yaoguang, Prince of Shi'an (始安王遙光)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 33, 35
Performed southern suburban sacrifice
AD 499 永元元年正月辛卯 · Ritual · Officiant
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 17
Restored titles
Legal · Authority · With Xiao Baoyin (蕭寶寅)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 50, passage 61

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 1
AD 493 to AD 494 高宗輔政後
From Mingxian 明賢 · To Baojuan 寶卷
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 2