Qin and Han · Marquis and Ritual Official

Xiao Shoucheng 蕭壽成

Attested c. BC 117 - c. BC 90

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xiao Shoucheng was a Marquis and Ritual Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

c. BC 117 to c. BC 90 after Yuanshou
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 48, passage 140

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Xiao Qing (蕭慶)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Han 48, passage 140

Career and standing

Grand Minister of Ceremonies 太常
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 48, passage 140
Marquis of Zan 酇侯
Removed
Directly stated · Book of Han 48, passage 140
Marquis of Zan 酇侯
Succeeded
Directly stated · Book of Han 48, passage 140
Removed from marquisate
Cause Sacrificial animal was too thin while serving as Grand Minister of Ceremonies
Directly stated · Book of Han 48, passage 140

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 48Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen · 1 passage

薨，子壽成嗣，坐為太常儀牲瘦免。 Qing died; Shoucheng succeeded but was dismissed because, as Grand Master of ceremonies, his sacrificial animals were judged too lean.