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| Emperor Xuan of Western Liang 西梁宣帝 | |||||||||||||
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| Emperor of the Western Liang dynasty | |||||||||||||
| Reign | 7 February 555[1] – 562 | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Emperor Yuan of Liang (Liang dynasty) | ||||||||||||
| Successor | Xiao Kui | ||||||||||||
| Liang Emperor(s) | Emperor Min Emperor Jing | ||||||||||||
| Born | 519 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 562 (aged 42–43) | ||||||||||||
| Spouse | Empress Wang Consort Cao | ||||||||||||
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| Father | Xiao Tong | ||||||||||||
| Mother | Empress Dowager Gong | ||||||||||||
Emperor Xuan of Western Liang ((西)梁宣帝; 519 – March or April 562[2]), personal name Xiao Cha (蕭詧), courtesy name Lisun (理孫), was the founding emperor of the Western Liang dynasty of China.[3] He took the throne of the Liang dynasty with support from the Western Wei dynasty after Western Wei forces had defeated and killed his uncle Emperor Yuan in January 555. However, scholars consider his regime, known as the Western Liang or Later Liang in historiography, to be separate from the Liang dynasty proper.[4]
- ^ ren'wu day of the 1st month of the 1st year of the Shao'tai era, per vol.166 of Zizhi Tongjian. The day was also the first day of the lunar year.
- ^ According to Xiao Cha's biography in Book of Zhou, he died aged 44 (by East Asian reckoning) in the 2nd month of the 2nd year of the Bao'ding era of Yuwen Yong's reign. The month corresponds to 21 Mar to 18 Apr 562 in the Julian calendar. (察在位八载，年四十四，保定二年二月，薨。) Zhou Shu, vol.48. Thus by calculation, his birth year should be 519.
- ^ Knechtges, David R.; Chang, Taiping, eds. (2014). Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (vol.3 & 4): A Reference Guide, Part Three & Four. BRILL. p. 1468. ISBN 9789004271852.
- ^ In the Twenty-Four Histories, the biographies of the emperors of Western Liang were listed as zhuan (传) rather than ji (纪), a term reserved for emperors' biographies. Xiao Cha had a biography in volume 48 of Book of Zhou (presumably because of his status as a vassal of Northern Zhou), while his son Xiao Kui and grandson Xiao Cong had biographies in volume 79 of Book of Sui, as Xiao Kui's daughter was Emperor Yang's wife. Xiao Cha and his male descendants also had biographies in volume 93 of History of the Northern Dynasties; the volume was titled "False (emperors) and vassals" (僭伪附庸).