Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Royal Family Member

Xiao Zhaoye 蕭昭業

Attested AD 493 - AD 494

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Xiao Zhaoye was a Royal Family Member.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Depraved Emperor	少帝

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 493 永明十一年夏四月甲午
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 4, 60
AD 493 to AD 494 少帝初
Directly stated · Book of Liang 14, passage 90

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Emperor Wu (世祖武皇帝)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Strongly inferred · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 60
Spouse of Lady He (何氏)
consort 妃 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 60
Child of Crown Prince Wenhui (文惠太子)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 60
Child of Lady Wang of Langye (琅邪王氏)
mother 母
Strongly inferred · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 60

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Prince of Nan Commandery 南郡王
Held
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 60
imperial grandson 皇太孫
AD 493 永明十一年夏四月甲午 · Imperial grandson · Established
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 60

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 14Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang · 2 passages

少帝初，以本官兼御史中丞。 When the Depraved Emperor began his reign Yan kept his rank and also served as censor.

初，齊明帝旣廢郁林王，始爲侍中、中書監、驃騎大將軍、開府儀同三司、揚州刺史、錄尚書事，封宣城郡公，加兵五千，使昉具表草。 When Qi's Emperor Ming deposed the Emperor of Lin, he first took attendant, palace library director, agile-cavalry general with full staff, Yangzhou inspector, and recorder of the secretariat, was made duke of Xuancheng with five thousand more troops, and had Fang draft the memorial.

Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 138Volume 138 Qi Records 4 · 1 passage

夏，四月，甲午，立南郡王昭業為皇太孫，東宮文武悉改為太孫官屬，以太子妃琅邪王氏為皇太孫太妃，南郡王妃何氏為皇太孫妃。 In summer, the fourth month, on jiawu, Prince Zhaoye of Nan Commandery was named imperial grandson; Eastern Palace officials were retitled as imperial-grandson staff; the late crown prince's consort, Lady Wang of Langye, became grand consort to the imperial grandson; and Prince Zhaoye's consort, Lady He, became consort of the imperial grandson.