Overview
Xiao Ziyun was a Writer and Official.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of ChenBook of Liang
Life and dates
Attested activity
- from youth, contemporary with Xiao ZifanDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 76
- AD 502 to AD 529 並仕梁Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 58-59
- AD 502 天監元年Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 35, passages 2-3
- AD 525 普通Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 111
- AD 500 to AD 549 梁國子祭酒Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 27, passage 188
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Sibling of Xiao Zike (蕭子恪)brother 兄弟 · Uncertain siblings
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings · paternal lineSources vary in certainty · Book of Liang 35, passages 2, 58-59 - Sibling of Xiao Zifan (蕭子範)younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblingsDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 76
- Child of Yi, Prince Wenxian of Yuzhang (豫章文獻王嶷)paternal lineStrongly inferred · Book of Liang 35, passages 2, 216
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- director of the national university 國子祭酒HeldDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 188
- imperial clan 宗室Imperial clansmanStrongly inferred · Book of Liang 35, passages 2, 37
Places and affiliations
- Polity Liang 梁 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passages 58-59
Works and attributed material
- chan poetry for Mingqing Temple 此寺禪齋詩Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 188
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment had literary accomplishment · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 59
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 188; Book of Liang 35, passage 59
References in the histories
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