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Rh founder of the Liang dynasty, and in 531 Hdao was appointed to a post in the Imperial Academy. In 537, when already President of the Board of Civil 0£Bce, he went as Gbvernor to Wn-hsing in Chehldang where he died soon afterwards. G&nonised as |^.

Hsiao Tzŭ-yün 蕭子雲  (T. 景喬). A.D. 492-553. A grandson of the Emperor Kao Ti of the S. Ch'i dynasty. He held office under the first sovereign of the Liang dynasty. An envoy having been sent from the kingdom of 百濟 Po-chi (in the south of modern Korea) to obtain books from China, Hsiao, who was celebrated as a calligraphist, furnished him with some 30 scrolls or sheets of manuscript, for which he was richly rewarded. He was also an ardent student of alchemy and of the black art; and ultimately took up his abode in a retired valley, where God revealed himself to the hermit and bestowed upon him a tablet of jade with a mysterious inscription. It is recorded that he was in official employ at the outbreak of the rebellion headed by Hou Ching in 551, and that he was driven from his post. He eventually took refuge in a Buddhist monastery, and perished there from want.

Hsiao Wên Ti. See Yüan Hung-yen.

Hsiao Wu Ti. See (Chin) Ssŭ-ma Yo; (E. Sung) Liu Chün; (N. Wei) Yüan Hsiu.

Hsiao Yen (T. ^^). A.D. 464-549. A distant oonnection of the House of Gh4, which ruled over southern and eastern China from A.D. 479 to 502. In 498 he became 'Governor of Yung-chou in Shensi. In 500 the Emperor put to death his elder brother; whereupon, in conjunction with Hsiao Pao-jung, he hA, once took up arms, entered Nanking in 501 and proclaimed liimself Regent. Ere long he became Prince of Liang; and in 502, acting upon the advice of Sh^n Yo, he ascended the throne as first Emperor of the Liang dynasty. A lover of peace, he began by reducing taxation and establishing colleges in every District.