Xiao Yaochang (蕭遙昌)

Overview

Xiao Yaochang was an Imperial Clansman, Official, and General.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Jihui	季暉	Jìhuī
Posthumous name	Duke Xian	憲公	Xian gong

Life and dates

Death

AD 494 to AD 498 先卒壽春
At Shouchun 壽春
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 69
AD 498 永泰元年
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 185

Attested activity

AD 494 延興元年十月癸卯
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 5, passage 44
AD 494 建武元年十一月丙戌
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 62
AD 494 to AD 498 先卒壽春
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 69
AD 495 其年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 49, passage 184
AD 494 延興元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 130
AD 494 to AD 501 建武
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 11, passage 108

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AD 495 建武二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 134
AD 494 建武元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 131
AD 498 永泰元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 185

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Xiao Luan (蕭鸞)
orphaned elder brother's son 孤兄子 · paternal line · Through Father of Yaochang (遙昌之父)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 189
Sibling of Xiao Yaoxin (遙欣)
brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 45, passages 64, 69
Child of Father of Yaochang (遙昌之父)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 189
Sibling of Xiao Yaoguang, Prince of Shi'an (始安王遙光)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 69

Kinship Role brothers · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 186

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Career and standing

Inspector of Yuzhou 豫州刺史
AD 494 建武元年十一月丙戌 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 62
governor of Yu Province 豫州
AD 495 其年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 49, passage 184
Bearer of the Staff 持節
AD 494 延興元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 130
commander of military affairs in Ying and Si provinces 督郢司二州軍事
AD 494 延興元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 130
General Who Pacifies the North 寧朔將軍
AD 494 延興元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 130
Gentleman of the Yellow Gate 黃門侍郎
AD 494 延興元年 · Appointed · Negated true
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 130

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Governor of Ying Province 郢州刺史
AD 494 延興元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 130
attendant of the grand heir apparent 太孫舍人
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 129
director of the secretariat 祕書丞
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 129
General Who Pacifies the Barbarians 征虜將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 133
Governor of Yuzhou 豫州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 133
Inspector of Yingzhou 郢州刺史
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 延興元年十月癸卯 · Lunar Month: 10 · Sexagenary Day: 癸卯 · Western Year: AD 494
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 5, passage 44
palace attendant 給事中
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 129
Secretariat Gentleman 祕書郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 129
General Who Pacifies the North 寧朔將軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 62
Inspector 刺史
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 11, passage 108
General Who Vanquishes the Foe 冠軍將軍
AD 494 建武元年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 131
Bearer of the Staff 持節
Retained
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 133
commander of military affairs in Yuzhou and in Xiyang in Yingzhou and Runan in Sizhou 督豫州郢州之西陽司州之汝南二郡軍事
Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 133
Duke of Fengcheng County 豐城縣公
Enfeoffed · Households 1500
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 132
Duke Xian 憲公
AD 498 永泰元年 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 190
General of the Chariots and Cavalry 車騎將軍
AD 498 永泰元年 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 187
privileges equal to the Three Excellencies 儀同三司
AD 498 永泰元年 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 187
Duke of Fengcheng County 豐城縣公
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 132
Duke of Fengcheng 豐城公
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 62; Book of Southern Qi 49, passage 184
Fengcheng 豐城
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 188
intended imprisonment 將囚之
Threatened · With Zheng Shaoshu (鄭紹叔)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 11, passage 109

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passages 185, 189
Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 5, passage 44
Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 62; Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 69; Book of Southern Qi 49, passage 184
Polity Southern Qi 齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passages 129-130, 144
AD 494 建武元年十一月丙戌
At Yuzhou 豫州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 62
AD 495 其年
At Yu Province 豫州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 49, passage 184

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AD 494 延興元年
At Ying Province 郢州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 130
At Shouchun 壽春 · Relation Died at
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 69
At Yuzhou 豫州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 133

Works and attributed material

Speech · Subject · With Xu Xiaosi (徐孝嗣) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 188
Speech · Subject · With Xiao Luan (蕭鸞) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 189

Events and relationships

left coarse cloth for office 解褐
Career · Subject · Began official career
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 129
did not proceed to his post 未之鎮
Administrative · Subject · Did not proceed to post
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 133
Posthumously ennobled
AD 498 永泰元年 · Ritual · Honoree
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passages 187, 190
Pressed then threatened Shaoshu
Political · Recruiter · With Zheng Shaoshu (鄭紹叔)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 11, passages 108-109
Sent envoys
AD 495 建武二年 · Diplomatic · Commander · With Cui Qingyuan (崔慶遠), Zhu Xuanzhi (朱選之) · Counterpart Person Id Yuan Hong (元宏) · At Shouchun 壽春
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 134
Relation Superior of · Person Zhu Xuanzhi (朱選之)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 134

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Relation Superior of · Person Cui Qingyuan (崔慶遠)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 134

Assessments and attributes

Assessment original endowment still modest · Mode named-speaker Speaker Xu Xiaosi (徐孝嗣)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 188

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 69; Book of Southern Qi 49, passage 184

References in the histories

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History

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Book of Liang, Chapter 11Volume 11: Zhang Hongce; Yu Yu; Zheng Shaoshu; Lü Sengzhen · 2 passages

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刺史蕭遙昌苦引紹叔，終不受命。 Inspector Xiao Yaochang pressed him repeatedly, yet Shaoshu never accepted command.

遙昌怒，將囚之，救解得免。 Yaochang flew into a rage and meant to imprison him, but others intervened and he was spared.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Prince of Hailing · 1 passage

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癸卯，以寧朔將軍蕭遙欣爲豫州刺史，新除黃門郎蕭遙昌爲郢州刺史，輔國將軍蕭誕爲司州刺史。 Day guimao: Xiao Yaoxin, pacifying-the-north general, took Yuzhou; Xiao Yaochang, newly made gentleman of the yellow gate, took Ying; Xiao Dan, general who assists the state, took Si.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 6Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Ming of Southern Qi · 1 passage

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丙戌，以輔國將軍聞喜公遙欣爲荊州刺史，寧朔將軍豐城公遙昌爲豫州刺史。 Day bingxu: Xiao Yaoxin, duke of Wenxi and general who assists the state, was made inspector of Jingzhou; Xiao Yaochang, duke of Fengcheng and general who pacifies the north, was made inspector of Yuzhou.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 45Volume 45 Biographies 26: The Imperial Clan · 8 passages

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遙光弟遙昌先卒壽春，豫州部曲皆歸遙光； Yaoguang's younger brother Yaochang had earlier died at Shouchun, and all of Yuzhou's troops came under Yaoguang;

遙昌字季暉。 Yaochang, whose courtesy name was Jihui.

封豐城縣公，千五百戶。 He was enfeoffed as Duke of Fengcheng County with a fief of fifteen hundred households.

二年，虜主元宏寇壽春，遣使呼城內人，遙昌遣參軍崔慶遠、朱選之詣宏。 In the second year the Northern Wei ruler Yuan Hong attacked Shouchun and sent envoys to summon the city's defenders; Yaochang sent his staff officers Cui Qingyuan and Zhu Xuanzhi to meet Hong.

遙昌，永泰元年卒。 Yaochang died in the first year of Yongtai.

上愛遙昌兄弟如子，甚痛惜之。 The emperor loved Yaochang and his brothers as his own sons and grieved for them deeply.

帝以問徐孝嗣，孝嗣曰：「豐城本資尚輕，贈以班台，如爲小過。」 The emperor asked Xu Xiaosi, who said, "Fengcheng's original endowment was still modest; to posthumously grant him court rank would be a slight excess."

謚憲公。 He was given the posthumous title Duke Xian.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 49Volume 49 Biographies 30: Wang Huan, Cong Dihui, Zhang Cong · 1 passage

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未拜，豐城公遙昌爲豫州，上慮寇難未已，徙沖爲征虜長史、南梁郡太守， Before he could take up the post, the Duke of Fengcheng Yaochang was assigned to Yu Province; fearing that border troubles were not over, the emperor transferred Chong to chief administrator to the General Who Subdues the Barbarians and Grand Administrator of Nanliang Commandery.