Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Liang crown prince whose courtesy name was Renzong

Xiao Daqi 大器

AD 523 - AD 551

Passages: 18
Chapters: 5
Histories: 2

Overview

Xiao Daqi was a Liang crown prince whose courtesy name was Renzong.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Renzong	仁宗	Renzong
Posthumous name	Ai	哀

Life and dates

Birth

AD 523 普通四年五月丁酉
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 217

Death

AD 551 大寶二年八月
Strangled · Authority Hou Jing (侯景)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passages 224, 228
AD 551 大寶二年八月戊午
Authority Hou Jing (侯景)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 4, passage 116

Age

28
AD 551 大寶二年八月 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 228

Attested activity

AD 532 中大通四年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 218
AD 535 大同
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 44, passage 3
AD 538 大同四年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 220
AD 551 大寶二年八月
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passages 224, 228
AD 551 大寶二年八月戊午
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 4, passage 116
AD 512 to AD 549 天監十一年後
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 7, passage 233

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AD 549 太清三年六月丁亥
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 4, passage 43
AD 549 太清三年六月丁亥
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 223
AD 548 太清二年十月
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 221
AD 552 承聖元年四月
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 236
AD 523 普通四年五月丁酉
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 217
AD 502 to AD 557 梁
Directly stated · Book of Chen 17, passage 192

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Xiao Dalian (蕭大連)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 44, passage 3
Child of Xiao Gang (蕭綱)
father 父
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 216; Book of Liang 4, passage 43
Child of Taizong (太宗)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Liang 7, passage 233
Child of Principal Consort of Taizong
mother (principal consort) 嫡母
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 216
Child of Empress Wang Lingbin (王靈賓)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Liang 7, passage 233
Child of Heir Apparent Taizong (太宗)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Liang 44, passage 3
Child of Empress Wang (王皇后)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Liang 44, passage 3

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Attendant-in-Ordinary 侍中
AD 532 中大通四年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 8, passages 218-219
General of the Central Guard 中衛將軍
AD 532 中大通四年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 8, passage 219
Bearer of the Staff; commander of Yang and Xu; Central Army grand general; Governor of Yangzhou 使持節都督揚徐二州諸軍事中軍大將軍揚州刺史
AD 538 大同四年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 220
Crown Prince 皇太子
AD 549 太清三年六月丁亥 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 223
Grand Commander within the Terrace 臺內大都督
AD 548 太清二年十月 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 221
Prince of Xuancheng commandery 宣城郡王
AD 532 中大通四年 · Enfeoffed · Fief Households 2000
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 218

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Lamented Crown Prince 哀太子
AD 552 承聖元年四月 · Posthumously titled
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 236
Prince of Xuancheng commandery 宣城郡王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 17, passage 192
Crown Prince 皇太子
AD 549 太清三年六月丁亥 · Established
Directly stated · Book of Liang 4, passage 43
Crown Prince Ai 哀太子
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 7, passage 233

Places and affiliations

Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Belonged to
Directly stated · Book of Liang 44, passage 1

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passages 225, 227, 231-233

Events and relationships

AD 548 to AD 551 侯景西上至敗歸
Captivity · Captive · With Hou Jing (侯景)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 230

Assessments and attributes

Assessment mild, harmonious, dignified; unbending under rebels · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 229

References in the histories

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History

18 passages

Book of Chen, Chapter 17Volume 17: Wang Chong; Wang Tong; Yuan Jing · 1 passage

按梁簡文帝長子大器封宣城郡王，見《梁書·哀太子傳》。 The Book of Liang's biography of the lamented crown prince shows Jianwen's eldest son Daqi enfeoffed as prince of Xuancheng.

Book of Liang, Chapter 4Volume 4: Emperor Jianwen · 2 passages

丁亥，立宣城王大器為皇太子。 On dinghai Prince Daqi of Xuancheng was established as crown prince.

害皇太子大器、尋陽王大心、西陽王大鈞、武寧王大威、建平王大球、義安王大昕及尋陽王諸子二十人。 He killed Crown Prince Daqi, the princes of Xunyang, Xiyang, Wuning, Jianping, and Yi'an, and twenty sons of the Prince of Xunyang.

Book of Liang, Chapter 7Volume 7: Empresses · 1 passage

生哀太子大器，南郡王大連，長山公主妙䂮。 She bore Daqi, Crown Prince Ai, Dalian, Prince of Nanjun, and the Princess of Changshan, whose personal name was written Miao followed by the rare graph U+40AE.

Book of Liang, Chapter 8Volume 8: Crown Prince Zhaoming; Crown Prince Ai; Crown Prince Minhuai · 13 passages

昭明太子哀太子愍懷太子 Crown Prince Zhaoming; the Grieving Crown Prince; the Lamenting Crown Prince

哀太子大器，字仁宗，太宗嫡長子也。 Lamented Crown Prince Daqi, styled Renzong, was Taizong's eldest son by the chief consort.

中大通四年，封宣城郡王，食邑二千戶。 In Zhongdatong year 4 he was made Prince of Xuancheng commandery with a fief of two thousand households.

太清二年十月，侯景寇京邑，敕太子爲臺內大都督。 In the tenth month of Taqing year 2 Hou Jing attacked the capital; by edict the crown prince became Grand Commander within the Terrace.

六月丁亥，立爲皇太子。 On dinghai of the sixth month he was established crown prince.

大寶二年八月，賊景廢太宗，將害太子，時賊黨稱景命召太子，太子方講《老子》，將欲下床，而刑人掩至。 In the eighth month of Dabao year 2 the rebel Jing deposed Taizong and meant to kill the crown prince; Jing's men claimed an order from Jing summoned him. The crown prince was lecturing on the Laozi and was rising from his couch when executioners burst in.

太子顏色不變，徐曰：「久知此事，嗟其晚耳。」 The crown prince's face did not change; he said calmly, "I have long known this—only that it comes so late."

太子曰：「此不能見殺。」 The crown prince said, "That will not do to kill me."

太子性寬和，兼神用端嶷，在於賊手，每不屈意。 By nature the crown prince was mild and harmonious, with a dignified spirit and bearing; even in rebel hands he never bent his will.

初，侯景西上，攜太子同行，及其敗歸，部伍不復整肅，太子所乘船居後，不及賊衆，左右心腹並勸因此入北。 At first, when Hou Jing marched west he took the crown prince along; when defeated on his return the ranks were no longer disciplined. The crown prince's boat fell behind the rebel host, and his close attendants all urged him to seize the chance and flee north.

太子曰：「家國喪敗，志不圖生； The crown prince said, "House and state are ruined—I have no wish to live;

賊以太子有器度，每常憚之，恐爲後患，故先及禍。 The rebels, seeing the crown prince's bearing and capacity, always feared him; dreading future trouble, they struck at him first.

承聖元年四月，追諡哀太子。 In the fourth month of Chengsheng year 1 he was posthumously titled Lamented Crown Prince.

Book of Liang, Chapter 44Volume 44: Eleven Princes of Taizong; Two Princes of Shizu · 1 passage

太宗王皇后生哀太子大器、南郡王大連，陳淑容生尋陽王大心，左夫人生南海王大臨、安陸王大春，謝夫人生瀏陽公大雅，張夫人生新興王大莊，包昭華生西陽王大鈞，范夫人生武寧王大威，褚脩華生建平王大球，陳夫人生義安王大昕，朱夫人生綏建王大摯。 Empress Wang of Heir Apparent Taizong bore Lamented Crown Prince Daqi and Prince of Nan commandery Dalian; Lady Chen the Shurong bore Prince of Xunyang Daxin; the Left Lady bore Prince Dalin of Nanhai and Prince Dachun of Anlu; Lady Xie bore Duke of Liuyang Daya; Lady Zhang bore Prince of Xinxing Dazhuang; Bao Zhaohua bore Prince of Xiyang Dajun; Lady Fan bore Prince of Wuning Dawei; Chu Xiuhua bore Prince of Jianping Daqiu; Lady Chen bore Prince of Yi'an Daxin; Lady Zhu bore Prince of Suijian Dazhi.