Sui and Tang · Official

Xiao Lingzhi 蕭齡之

Attested AD 650 - AD 651

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xiao Lingzhi was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 650
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 113, passage 258
AD 651 永徽二年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 85, passage 29

Family

Descendant of Emperor Gao of Qi (齊高帝)
fifth-generation descendant 五世孫 · 5 generations
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 113, passage 266

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 113Volume 113 Biographies 38: Tang, Zhang, Xu · 3 passages

蕭齡之嘗任廣州都督，受賕當死，詔群臣議，請論如法，詔戮於朝堂。 Xiao Lingzhi had once served as military governor of Guangzhou. Having accepted bribes, he was liable to death. The emperor ordered the ministers to deliberate and directed that he be judged according to law; an edict then ordered execution in the court hall.

今齡之貪贓狼扈，死有餘咎。 Lingzhi's greed and corruption were wanton, and death would not have been excessive punishment.

齡之，齊高帝五世孫，由是免死。 Lingzhi was a fifth-generation descendant of Emperor Gao of Qi and thus escaped death.