Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · younger brother of Xun Lang

Xun Xiao 曉

Xún Xiǎo

Attested AD 548 - AD 559

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xun Xiao was a younger brother of Xun Lang.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 548 to AD 559 Hou Jing rebellion and Chen founding
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 115

Family

Sibling of Xun Lang (荀朗)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 115

Events and relationships

Event planned palace attack after learning of the Founder’s death · Result killed by Cai Jingli · Historical event · Participant
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passages 124-125

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 13Volume 13: Xu Shipu; Lu Xida; Zhou Fu; Xun Lang; Zhou Jiong · 3 passages

王僧辯東討，朗遣其將范寶勝及弟曉領兵二千助之。 When Wang Sengbian marched east, Lang sent his general Fan Baosheng and his younger brother Xiao, with two thousand men, to help.

高祖崩，宣太后與舍人蔡景歷祕不發喪，朗弟曉在都微知之，乃謀率其家兵襲臺。 When the Founder died, Empress Dowager Xuan and the secretary Cai Jingli kept the death secret and did not announce mourning. Lang's younger brother Xiao, who was in the capital, learned a little of it and plotted to lead his household troops in an attack on the palace.

事覺，景歷殺曉，仍繫其兄弟。 The plot was discovered; Jingli killed Xiao and imprisoned his brothers.