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Xiao Zihui
Liang poet of the Lanling Xiao clan, grandson of Emperor Gao of Qi and son of Xiao Yi, who served as chief adviser to Xiao Ji and Xiao Xu and died in office; his collection once ran to eleven scrolls.
In a study at night, a desk holds a brush pot, a porcelain vase with a plum branch, a lit red lantern, a folded fan and an unrolled blank scroll, with no one seated there, while through a round window the moon rises over a lake with a sailboat.
Also known as Jing Guang
Xiao Zihui, courtesy name Jingguang, of the Lanling Xiao clan, was a grandson of Emperor Gao of Qi and a son of Xiao Yi, Prince Wenxian of Yuzhang; born in the fifth century, he died in the 540s. Under Liang he served as Supernumerary Attendant, Secretary, magistrate of Linan, and in the Datong years chief adviser to Xiao Ji, Prince of Wuling, and then to Xiao Xu, Prince of Luling, dying in post. He loved history and had literary gifts. His collection ran to nine scrolls in the Sui and eleven in the Tang, and is lost. The Yutai Xinyong preserves his poem Chunxiao.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; active in the Liang Datong years (535–546 CE)