Xiao Ziliang (蕭子良)

Overview

Xiao Ziliang was a Southern Qi prince, statesman, and patron of the Western Lodge.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Prince Ziliang of Jingling	竟陵王子良

Life and dates

Death

AD 494 隆昌元年夏四月戊子
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 124

Attested activity

AD 493 永明十一年春正月丙子
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 4, 37
AD 489 to AD 493 AD 489-493
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 87
AD 489 七年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 39, passages 54-55, 58
AD 482 世祖卽位
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 36, passage 43
AD 483 世祖永明初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 17, passages 46-47
AD 487 五年冬
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 21, passages 52, 73

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AD 484 to AD 494 南齊
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 39, passages 210-211
AD 479 to AD 502 南齊
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 229
AD 479 to AD 482 太祖末
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 31, passage 125
AD 483 to AD 493 始為南郡王，從竟陵王子良在西州
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 209
AD 479 to AD 493 宋世
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 20, passage 118
AD 483 to AD 493 永明
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 47, passages 12, 142
AD 483 to AD 493 永明中
Directly stated · Book of Liang 19, passage 8
AD 483 to AD 493 永明中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 21, passage 100; Book of Southern Qi 39, passages 223-224
AD 465 泰始初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 111
AD 493 秋，七月
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 130, 133, 136
AD 494 隆昌元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 124
AD 483 to AD 493 竟陵王…屯
Directly stated · Book of Liang 52, passage 47
AD 483 to AD 493 竟陵王
Directly stated · Book of Liang 14, passage 118
AD 494 鬱林前後
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 47, passages 148, 179
AD 493 魏主南伐；齊世祖殂、鬱林即位之歲
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 234
AD 483 to AD 493 齊
Directly stated · Book of Liang 16, passage 7
AD 487 to AD 494 齊
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 36, passage 11
AD 460 to AD 494 齊世
Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 248
AD 483 to AD 493 齊司徒竟陵王子良
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 26, passage 9
AD 483 to AD 493 齊永明中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 26, passage 56

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Crown Prince Wenhu (文惠太子)
brothers 兄弟 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 111
Spouse of Lady Yuan (袁氏)
consort 妃
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 20, passage 111
Child of Empress Mu (穆后)
mother 后 · maternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 111
Child of Emperor Gao of Qi (齊高帝)
son 子
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 31, passages 125, 130
Child of Shizu (世祖)
son 子
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 111

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Grand Tutor 太傅
AD 493 太孫卽位 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 15
Minister over the Masses 司徒
AD 483 永明初 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 36, passage 216
Minister over the Masses 司徒
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 9, 56
extraordinary rites 殊禮
AD 494 隆昌元年 · Granted
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 34
Prince of Jingling 竟陵王
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 9, 56; Book of Southern Qi 17, passage 47; Book of Southern Qi 39, passages 54, 210, 223; Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 37, 130, 209

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Qi · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 17, passage 47
Polity Qi 齊 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 37
Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Royal member
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 54
Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 210
Polity Southern Qi 齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 26, passages 9, 56; Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 130, 209
Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 111

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At Xizhou 西州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 209

Learning and skills

Belief Buddhism 釋氏 · Relation Adherent of
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 21, passage 100

Works and attributed material

AD 489 七年
Memorial · Author · With Emperor Wu (世祖) · Paraphrased
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 55
Memorial · Author · With Emperor Wu of Qi (齊武帝)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 17, passages 47-49
Speech · Speaker · Mode quotation
Directly stated · Book of Liang 52, passage 48
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 21, passages 73-74

Events and relationships

Asked Cheng to identify an ancient vessel
Scholarly · Questioner · With Lu Cheng (陸澄)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 210
Did not dare save
Political · Refused aid · With Wang Rong (王融)
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 234
Entered Hall of Extended Splendor in armor to oversee medicine
Medical · Attendant · With Qi emperor (上)
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 136
Examined the various scholars
Scholarly · Examiner · With Wang Chi (王摛)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 223
Founded
Charitable · Co founder · Organization Six Diseases Hospices 六疾館
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 21, passage 100
Later examined the vessel base and found characters matching Cheng's identification
Scholarly · Verifier
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 211