Xiao Huikai (蕭惠開)

Overview

Xiao Huikai was an official.

PeriodThree Kingdoms and Six Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 450 to AD 470 劉宋中期
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 56, passage 31
AD 457 to AD 464 大明中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 63
AD 464 大明八年八月己巳
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 37
AD 420 to AD 479 宋世
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 152
AD 460 to AD 480 琛年數歲
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 125

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Xiao Chen (蕭琛)
paternal uncle 從伯 · paternal line · Through Xiao Huixun (蕭惠訓)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 125
Kin of Xiao Huixun (蕭惠訓)
collateral brothers 從兄弟 · Uncertain siblings · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 26, passage 125
Child of Xiao Sihua (蕭思話)
son 子
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 56, passage 31

Kinship Role sons and younger brothers · Negated true · Count 0 · none among those then living had unusual talent
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 56, passage 38

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Inspector of Yizhou 益州刺史
AD 464 大明八年八月己巳 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 37
Inspector of Qing and Ji 青冀二州刺史
AD 464 大明八年八月己巳 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 37
Imperial Censor 中丞
AD 420 to AD 479 宋世 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 152
Imposed
AD 420 to AD 479 宋世 · Dismissal · Reason failed to investigate 不糾
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 152

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 63; Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 152; Book of Southern Qi 56, passage 31; Book of Song 7, passage 37
At Lanling 蘭陵
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 26, passages 122, 125
AD 464 大明八年八月己巳
At Yizhou 益州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 37

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Xiao Chen (蕭琛) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 125
無年可仕。
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 64
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 56, passages 34, 38-39

Events and relationships

Conversation · Participant · With Yuan Can (袁粲)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passages 63-64
Relation Patron of · Person Ji Sengzhen (紀僧真)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 56, passage 35

Assessments and attributes

Assessment predicted Chen would raise up the clan · Mode quotation Speaker Xiao Huikai (蕭惠開)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passage 125

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 152; Book of Song 7, passage 37

References in the histories

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History

11 passages

Book of Liang, Chapter 26Volume 26: Fan Xiu; Fu Zhao; Fu Ying; Xiao Chen; Lu Gao · 1 passage

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琛年數歲，從伯惠開撫其背曰：「必興吾宗。」 When Chen was still a child, his uncle Huikai stroked his back and said, “You will surely raise up our house.”

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 30Volume 30 Biographies 11: Xue Yuan, Dai Sengjing, Huan Kang, Jiao Du, Cao Hu · 2 passages

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初，粲大明中與蕭惠開、周朗同車行，逢大桁開，駐車共語。 Long before, in the Daming era, Can rode in one carriage with Xiao Huikai and Zhou Lang. The Great Drawbridge stood open; they halted and spoke together.

惠開取鏡自照曰：「無年可仕。」 Huikai took a mirror, looked at himself, and said, "No years are left in which to serve."

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 39Volume 39 Biographies 20: Liu Huan, Di Jin, Lu Cheng · 1 passage

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中丞蕭惠開不糾，免惠開官。 Imperial Censor Xiao Huikai failed to investigate and was dismissed.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 56Volume 56 Biographies 37: Trusted Officials · 6 passages

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僧真少隨逐征西將軍蕭思話及子惠開，皆被賞遇。 As a youth Sengzhen followed General Who Conquers the West Xiao Sihua and his son Hui Kai, and both men treated him with favor.

惠開性苛，僧真以微過見罰，旣而委任如舊。 Hui Kai was harsh by nature. Sengzhen was once punished for a trifling fault, but was soon entrusted again as before.

及罷益州還都，不得志，僧真事之愈謹。 When Hui Kai left Yizhou and returned to the capital, bitter at his thwarted ambitions, Sengzhen served him with still greater care.

惠開臨終歎曰：「紀僧真方當富貴，我不見也。」 On his deathbed Hui Kai sighed and said, "Ji Sengzhen is on the verge of wealth and rank — and I shall not live to see it."

初，惠開在益州，土反，被圍危急，有道人謂之曰：「城圍尋解。 Earlier, while Hui Kai held Yizhou, the local tribes rebelled and he was besieged in grave danger. A Daoist told him, "The siege will soon be lifted.

惠開密謂僧真曰：「我子弟見在者，竝無異才。 Hui Kai told Sengzhen in confidence, "None of my sons and brothers now living has any unusual talent.

Book of Song, Chapter 7Volume 7 Annals 7: Emperor Fei I · 1 passage

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[5]己巳，以青、冀二州刺史蕭惠開為益州刺史。 [5] On jisi day Xiao Hui Kai, Inspector of Qing and Ji provinces, was appointed Inspector of Yizhou.