Southern Dynasty Liang Jianwen Emperor Xiao Gang

Xiao Gang

Xiao Yan was a nephew of Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qi, who was originally an official of Southern Qi, and was an official of Yongzhou, who later rebelled against emperor Xiao Baojuan of Qi and established the Liang Dynasty.

The Southern Dynasty Liang was founded by Xiao Yan and was built in Jiankang. Because of the imperial family name Xiao, also known as Xiao Liang, in 557 was the chen dynasty, the four emperors: Emperor Wu Xiao Yan (464 - 549), Jianwen Emperor Xiao Gang (503 ~ 551), Yuan Emperor Xiao Xuan (508 ~ 554), Jing Emperor Xiao Fangzhi (543 ~ 558), Da Liang lasted 56 years.

After Xiao Yan ascended the throne, he advocated frugality and diligence in government affairs, and achieved remarkable political achievements. Reign time (502 ~ 549). However, in his later years, Xiao Yan saw through the red dust, became intoxicated with Buddhism, and ignored political affairs, which eventually led to the rebellion of Hou Jing, Hou Jing attacked the palace, put Xiao Yan, the emperor of Liangwu, under house arrest, and did not give him food, as a result, Xiao Yan soon fell ill, and later could not get out of bed, and finally even starved and sick and angry, closed his eyes and went west, and died in the Jingju Hall, at the age of 86.

Emperor Wu of Liang made his eldest son Xiao Tong the crown prince, and Xiao Tong was intelligent and studious, and when he was a teenager, he could read the scriptures and write poetry well, and he was a great talent at that time.

Xiao Tong and his literati scholars edited the Anthology of Literature, which collected the best articles of the previous dynasty and has been influential to this day.

In 526, Xiao Tong's biological mother, Ding Guifei, died of illness, Xiao Tong was a filial son, and he was deeply saddened by his mother's death, and he did not eat or drink for several days before the spirit, could not eat anything, and often cried unconscious.

Later, because he was disgusted with the Taoist monks to make wax geese, he was reprimanded by Emperor Wu, and he was worried and angry all the time, and he actually suffered from a terminal illness, and died of illness soon after, at the age of 31.

Xiao Gang (503–551), also known as Emperor Jianwen of Liang in the Southern Dynasty, was a Liang Dynasty scholar and a native of Nanlanling (present-day Wujin, Jiangsu), the third son of Emperor Xiao Yan of Liangwu in the Southern Dynasty, and the younger brother of Xiao Tong, the Prince of Zhaoming.

Xiao Gang (aged four) was first enfeoffed as the Prince of Jin'an, and his eldest brother Xiao Tong the Prince of Zhaoming died early, and was summoned to the dynasty in the third year of Zhongdatong (531), and in April Xiao Tong, the prince of Zhaoming, died, and Xiao Gang was made crown prince in May.

In the third year of the Taiqing Dynasty (549), Hou Jing rebelled, the rebel general Hou Jing attacked the capital Jiankang's Palace Taicheng, liangwu emperor Xiao Yan was imprisoned and starved to death, after Xiao Yan's death, Hou Jing established Xiao Gang as emperor at the age of forty-seven.

After Xiao Gang ascended the throne, although he became emperor, he did not have any real power, Hou Jing made himself a Xiangguo, self-proclaimed great general of the universe, and Emperor Jianwen Xiao Gang completely became a puppet in his hands, and everything had to be decided by Hou Jing.

Two years later, in August of the second year of Dabao (551), Hou Jing sent troops to break into the palace and kill xiao Gang's crown prince Xiao Daqi and more than 20 other princes.

Soon, Emperor Xiao Gang of Jianwen was deposed by Hou Jing and demoted to the position of Prince of Jin'an, imprisoned in Yongfu Province.

In October of the same year (551), Hou Jing ordered Wang Xuan and others to come to Yongfu Province and set up a banquet to offer wine to Xiao Gang. Xiao Gang knew that he would not survive today, so he held a cup and drank bitterly, and drank until he was drunk.

Wang Xuan ordered people to put the soil into a cloth bag, and then used the soil bag to press it on Xiao Gang's face, suffocated Emperor Jian WenDi Xiao Gang alive, and killed more than ten children of Emperor Jian Wen.

In February 555, Xiao Fangzhi (the ninth son of Emperor Xiao of Liang) came to Jiankang and took the throne with the support of Chen Baxian and Wang Shengxian, Chen Baxian appointed himself Shangshu Ling and the capital to supervise the Chinese and foreign military forces, and the power of the Liang military state completely fell into the hands of Chen Baxian and Wang Shengquan.

In September 557, Chen Baxian was the First Xiangguo, the General Hundred, the Duke of Chen, and the Gift of Nine Tin. In October, Chen Baxian was made the King of Chen, Chen Baxian forced Xiao Fangzhi to take the throne, emperor Xiao Fangzhi was forced to resign to Chen, and Chen Baxian claimed the title of emperor on behalf of Liang.

Chen Baxian claimed the title of empress dowager, demoted Xiao Fangzhi to the title of King of Jiangyin, moved to the palace, and soon after, was sent by Chen Baxian to find and kill him in the outer residence, at the age of only 16, Liang died.

Xiao Gang loved poetry in his lifetime, as an emperor, Xiao Gang was a failure, as a literati, Xiao Gang was undoubtedly successful.

Xiao Gang's literary attainments are quite profound, and his political achievements are far less than those in literature.

Shi Zai, Xiao Gang was young and intelligent, and could be a literary character at the age of six. And the long instrument Yu Kuan Li, not common joy, dignity like a god, straight hair, green eyes.

Xiao Gang loved literature since childhood, and because of his special status, his staff was the mainstay, surrounding him, forming a literary group with distinct views.

With Xiao Gang being made crown prince in the third year of Zhongdatong, the literary influence of this group gradually reached its peak, often with the scribes Xu Shu father and son, Yu Shoulder Wu father and son, etc., with a light and exquisite literary language, describing the absurd life of the upper nobility, forming Xiao Gang's literary genre, then known as "palace style". The original collection has been scattered, and the Ming Dynasty people edited the "Liang Jian Wen Emperor Collection".