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Xiao Yi
Seventh son of Emperor Wu of Liang who, from Jiangling, sent Wang Sengbian and Chen Baxian to crush Hou Jing and took the throne in 552.
Mural of the event “Hou Jing Rebellion”, which this person took part in.
In 548 the Eastern Wei defector Hou Jing rose against Liang at Shouyang, crossed the Yangtze at Caishi and besieged Taicheng, the palace city of Jiankang. Taicheng fell the next year and Emperor Wu died under his control; the war lasted until Hou Jing's defeat in 552 and left Jiankang and the Sanwu region in ruins.
Also known as Emperor Yuan of Liang · Zi Shicheng · Prince of Xiangdong
Xiao Yi, courtesy name Shicheng, was the seventh son of Emperor Wu of Liang, enfeoffed as Prince of Xiangdong and posted to Jingzhou. While Hou Jing besieged the palace city he held back at Jiangling and fought rival princes instead. In 551 his general Wang Sengbian checked Hou Jing at Baling, and in 552 Wang and Chen Baxian retook Jiankang and Hou Jing was killed. Xiao Yi then took the throne at Jiangling, but when Western Wei armies stormed the city he burned his library of some 140,000 scrolls, surrendered and was put to death. The author of the Jinlouzi, he presided over the suppression of the Hou Jing Rebellion.
Life and times
- 508Born
Northern and Southern - 548Hou Jing Rebellion
Took partage 40Hou Jing, a defector from Eastern Wei, rebelled against Liang at Shouyang, took Taicheng, made and unmade emperors and declared himself emperor of Han before Wang Sengbian and Chen Baxian defeated him in 552, leaving Jiankang and the Sanwu region ravaged.- Western Wei Sacks Jiangling554age 46A Western Wei army took Jiangling, the capital of Emperor Yuan of Liang, put the surrendered emperor to death and carried much of the city's population off to Chang'an.
- Western Wei Sacks Jiangling
- 552Wang Sengbian Retakes Jiankang
age 44In 552 the armies of Wang Sengbian and Chen Baxian beat Hou Jing at the Stone Fortress and retook Jiankang; Hou Jing fled and was killed by his own men. - 555 CE; reigned 552–555Died
Works
Literature · Prose8- Master of the Golden TowerNorthern and SouthernXiao Yi's book as a prince, later Emperor Yuan of Liang: essays recovered by Qing editors
- Master of the Golden Tower: Preface to the Master of the Golden TowerNorthern and Southern
- Master of the Golden Tower: Juan 1Northern and Southern
- Master of the Golden Tower: Juan 2Northern and Southern
- Master of the Golden Tower: Juan 3Northern and Southern
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- Master of the Golden Tower: Juan 4Northern and Southern
- Master of the Golden Tower: Juan 5Northern and Southern
- Master of the Golden Tower: Juan 6Northern and Southern
- Literature · Rhapsodies2
- Rhapsody on Gathering LotusNorthern and SouthernXiao Yi's short Liang rhapsody of young men and women boating among the lotus
- Rhapsody on a Wanderer's Wife's Autumn LongingNorthern and SouthernXiao Yi's rhapsody of a wanderer's wife alone ten years, the autumn moon sharpening her longing
- Literature · Sayings2
- Biyu, the Girl from a Humble HouseNorthern and SouthernIdiom from the Biyu song in Xiao Yi's Lotus-Picking Rhapsody: a pretty girl of humble birth
- Slender Wisdom, Grand DesignsNorthern and SouthernIdiom from Xiao Yi's preface to the Master of the Golden Tower: plans too big for one's wits
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