Xiao Baoyin

Xiao Baoyin (Chinese: 蕭寶寅) (486[1] – 10 June 530[2]), courtesy name Zhiliang (智亮), was an imperial prince of the Chinese Southern Qi dynasty. In 502, as Southern Qi was on the edge of being taken over by the general Xiao Yan, who was preparing by killing the imperial princes, Xiao Baoyin fled to the rival Northern Wei dynasty and became an official and general in the Northern Wei government. In 527, as Northern Wei was embroiled in agrarian rebellions, Xiao Baoyin rebelled and tried to reestablish Southern Qi, but was soon defeated and forced to flee to a rebel leader, Moqi Chounu (万俟醜奴), and he served under Moqi until both were captured in 530 by the paramount general Erzhu Rong's nephew Erzhu Tianguang. He was forced to commit suicide.

  1. ^ Xiao Baoyin's biography in Book of Wei indicate that he was 16 (by East Asian reckoning) when he defected to Northern Wei and reached Shouchun in 501 (2nd year of the Jing'ming era of Emperor Xuanwu's reign; the year ends on 23 Jan 502 in the Julian calendar). However, Emperor Xuanwu's biography in the same work indicate that Xiao surrendered to Northern Wei in the 3rd month of the 3rd year of the Jing'ming era, which corresponds to 24 Mar to 22 Apr 502 in the Julian calendar. A possible explanation is that this date is when Xiao officially surrendered to Northern Wei, probably at its capital Luoyang.
  2. ^ jia'xu day of the 4th month of the 3rd year of the Yong'an era, per Emperor Xiaozhuang's biography in Book of Wei