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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
Dates 508–555 CE; reigned 552–555
- 548Hou Jing RebellionTook partage 40
- 552Wang Sengbian Retakes Jiankangage 44
- 554Western Wei Sacks Jianglingage 46