Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Xiao Cha 蕭詧

Attested AD 548 - AD 562

Passages: 11
Chapters: 6
Histories: 4

Overview

Xiao Cha was a ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Epithet	the rebel Cha	賊詧

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 548 十四年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 107
AD 550 to AD 562 侯景之亂後稱籓
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 79, passages 110, 112, 116
AD 555 to AD 562 初
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 13, passage 167
AD 555 天成元年
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 33, passage 23
AD 550 to AD 554 梁岳陽王內附
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 36
AD 554 to AD 555 荊州陷
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 9

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Xiao Yu (蕭譽)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 111
Parent of Xiao Kui (蕭巋)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 110
Kin of Xiao Yi (蕭繹)
paternal uncle 叔父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 111

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Liang governor of Yong 梁雍州刺史
AD 548 十四年 · Held · At Yong Province 雍州
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 107
Prince of Yueyang 岳陽王
AD 548 十四年 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 107
Prince of Yueyang 岳陽王
Held
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 36

Places and affiliations

AD 548 十四年
Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 107
Liang 梁
Relation Belonged
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 26, passage 36
Western Liang 後梁
Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 13, passage 167; Book of Sui 79, passage 113

Events and relationships

Sent bamboo screens, fine hemp cloth, and classics and histories to He Lanxiang
AD 548 十四年 · Diplomatic · Sender · With Helan Xiang (賀蘭祥)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 107
Relation Sovereign of · Person Tian Longsheng (田龍升)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 167

Assessments and attributes

Assessment admired He Lanxiang's thrift · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 107

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 107

References in the histories

Search passages

History

11 passages

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 33Volume 33 Biographies 25: Xiao Yuanming; Xiao Zhi (Liang); Xiao Tui; Xiao Fang (Liang); Xu Zhicai · 1 passage

侍中裴英起衛送明入建鄴，遂稱尊號，改承聖四年為天成元年，大赦天下，宇文黑獺、賊詧等不在赦例。 Palace attendant Pei Yingqi guarded and escorted Ming into Jiankang; he then assumed the imperial title, changed the fourth year of Chengsheng to the first year of Tiancheng, and proclaimed a general amnesty—Yuwen Heitu, the rebel Cha, and the like were not within the amnesty.

Book of Chen, Chapter 13Volume 13: Xu Shipu; Lu Xida; Zhou Fu; Xun Lang; Zhou Jiong · 1 passage

初，蕭詧定州刺史田龍升以城降，詔以為振遠將軍、定州刺史，封赤亭王。 Earlier Tian Longsheng, inspector of Dingzhou under Xiao Cha, had surrendered his city; an edict made him General Who Invigorates the Distant and inspector of Dingzhou, and enfeoffed him as Prince of Chiting.

Book of Chen, Chapter 23Volume 23: Shen Junli; Wang Yang; Lu Shan · 1 passage

荊州陷，蕭詧署金紫光祿大夫。 When Jingzhou fell, Xiao Cha appointed him grand master of splendid happiness with golden seal and purple ribbon.

Book of Sui, Chapter 79Volume 79 Biographies 44: Imperial Affines · 6 passages

父詧，初封岳陽王，鎮襄陽。 His father Cha was first enfeoffed as Prince of Yueyang and posted at Xiangyang.

及繹嗣位，詧稱籓於西魏，乞師請討繹。 When Yi took the throne, Cha submitted to Western Wei as a vassal, asked for troops, and requested a campaign against Yi.

周太祖以詧為梁主，遣柱國於謹等率騎五萬襲繹，滅之。 Taizu of Zhou installed Cha as ruler of Liang and sent the Pillar of State Yu Jin with fifty thousand horsemen to strike Yi and destroy him.

詧遂都江陵，有荊郡、其西平州延袤三百里之地，稱皇帝于其國，車服節文一同王者。 Cha then moved his capital to Jiangling, holding Jing commandery and Xiping prefecture to the west—a domain three hundred li across—and proclaimed himself emperor; his carriage regalia, dress, and ritual forms matched those of a true sovereign.

詧薨，巋嗣位，年號天保。 When Cha died, Kui succeeded him under the era name Tianbao.

吳人見梁武、簡文及詧、巋等兄弟並第三而踐尊位，瓛自以巋之第三子也，深自矜負。 The people of Wu noted that Emperor Wu of Liang, Emperor Jianwen, and the brothers Cha and Kui had all been third sons yet reached the throne. Huan, as Kui's third son, took great pride in this.

Book of Zhou, Chapter 20Volume 20 Biographies 12: Wang Meng; He Lanxiang; Wei Chigang; Chilie Fugui; Yan Qing · 1 passage

梁雍州刺史、岳陽王蕭詧，欽其節儉，乃以竹屏風、絺綌之屬及以經史贈之。 Xiao Cha, Liang governor of Yong and Prince of Yueyang, admired his thrift and sent bamboo screens, fine hemp cloth, and sets of classics and histories.

Book of Zhou, Chapter 26Volume 26 Biographies 18: Zhang Sunjian; Zhangsun Shaoyuan; Younger Brother Cheng; Elder Brother Si; Hu Sizheng · 1 passage

時梁岳陽王蕭詧內附，初遣使入朝，至荊州。 At that time the Liang Prince of Yueyang, Xiao Cha, had submitted to the court and sent his first embassy through Jing Province.