Xiao Ji 蕭紀

Other names

Family

• Child of Lady Ge Xiurong (葛脩容)
  bore 生 · maternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 8
• Sibling of Xiao Ji (蕭績)
  brothers 兄弟 · Paternal half siblings · paternal line
  Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 29, passages 8, 10
• Sibling of Xiao Zong (蕭綜)
  brothers 兄弟 · Paternal half siblings
  Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 55, passages 3, 56
• Child of Emperor Wu (高祖)
  father 父 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 8
• Parent of Xiao Yuanman (圓滿)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 55, passages 69, 119
• Child of Gaozu (高祖)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 55, passage 56
• Parent of Xiao Yuanzheng (圓正)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 55, passage 69
• Parent of Xiao Yuanzhao (圓照)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 55, passage 69
• Parent of Xiao Yuanpu (圓普)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 55, passage 69
• Parent of Xiao Yuansu (圓肅)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 55, passage 69
• Parent of Prince Su of Yidu (宜都王肅)
  Ji's son 紀子
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 21, passage 39
• Child of Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝)
  sons 諸子
  Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 159, passage 240; zizhitongjian:159:s0240a
• Sibling of Xiao Yi (蕭繹)
  younger brother 其弟
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 21, passage 16
• Sibling of Emperor Yuan (世祖)
  younger brother 弟 · Paternal half siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 55, passage 96

Origins and identity

• Lineage Xiao imperial house of Liang 梁蕭氏 · Relation Member of
  Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 29, passage 8

Career and standing

• Prince of Wuling 武陵郡王
  AD 514 天監十三年 · Enfeoffed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 55, passage 58
• Prince of Wuling 武陵王
  Held
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 32, passage 133; zizhitongjian:159:s0240a
• Attainted
  Stripped from clan register · Surname Forced Taotie 饕餮氏
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 55, passage 120
• Emperor 僭號
  AD 547 to AD 549 太清中 · Era Name Tianzheng 天正 · At Shu 蜀
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 55, passage 68

Places and affiliations

• Liang
  Relation Associated with
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 55, passage 56
• Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Associated with
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 8
• Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Royal
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 32, passages 133, 139
• AD 546 中大同元年
  At Yizhou 益州 · Relation Based in
  Directly stated · zizhitongjian:159:s0240a
• At Shu 蜀 · Relation Based in
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 55, passage 68

Works and attributed material

• Speech · Addressee · With Emperor Yuan (世祖)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 55, passages 87-98

Events and relationships

• Declared emperor in Shu
  Political · Claimant
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 21, passage 16
• Fielded strong forces
  AD 552 to AD 553 使琳拒蕭紀 · Military · Commander
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 32, passage 133
• Marched east
  AD 551 太清五年夏四月 · Military · Commander · At Ba commandery 巴郡
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 55, passage 76
• Resisted then pacified
  AD 552 to AD 553 使琳拒蕭紀 · Military · Opposed · With Wang Lin (王琳)
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 32, passages 139-140

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment failed to aid the throne in the Taiqing crisis and raised an unjustified army · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 55, passages 185-186

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 32, passage 133; Book of Liang 29, passage 8