Xiao Chun, a descendant of Emperor Xuan of Western Liang, died in the Southern Dynasty

Xiao Chun (558–607), courtesy name Wenwen, grandson of Emperor Xuan of Western Liang, son of Emperor Xiaoming of Western Liang, brother of Empress Xiao of Sui, and last emperor of the Western Liang regime, reigned from 585 to 587.

Xiao Chun was initially enfeoffed as the King of Dongyang and later made him crown prince. In the fifth year of the kai emperor (585), Xiao Yue died, and Xiao Chun succeeded to the throne with the era name Guangyun. In the seventh year of Emperor Kai (587), Emperor Wen of Sui recruited Xiao Chun into the dynasty, and Xiao Chun's uncle Xiao Yan and his younger brother Xiao Yan rebelled and surrendered to the Chen Dynasty, so Emperor Wen of Sui deposed Western Liang and appointed Xiao Chun as the Shangzhu State and the Duke of Ju.

After the Sui Emperor succeeded to the throne, Xiao Chun was deeply respected by his close relatives, and he served as a shi ling and changed the title of Duke of Liang. Later, because of the folk nursery rhyme that Western Liang was about to prosper, he was hated by the Sui Emperor, and in the third year of Daye (607), Xiao Chun was deposed as a commoner, and in the same year Xiao Chun died and was posthumously awarded the title of Zuo Guanglu Doctor. Xiao Chun's nephew Xiao Qian (萧琮) was proclaimed empress dowager and posthumously honored him as Emperor Xiaojing (孝靖帝), with the temple name Huizong (惠宗).

Introduction to Xiao Chun

Succeed to the throne

Xiao Chun was generous by nature, generous in his treatment, charming, bohemian, and knowledgeable. He is also good at archery on horseback, making people lie on the ground and hold up stickers, Xiao Chun peeps on horseback and shoots, can shoot ten shots, and the person who holds the sticker does not feel afraid. Xiao Chun was initially made the Prince of Dongyang, and was soon made crown prince.

On the eighth day of the first month of May in the third year of the reign of Emperor Kai (583), Emperor Xiaoming of Western Liang sent his crown prince Xiao Chun (萧琮) to the Sui Dynasty to congratulate the Sui Dynasty on moving its capital to Chang'an (present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi).

In June of the fifth year of the reign of Emperor Kai (585), Xiao Yu died, and the crown prince Xiao Chun succeeded to the throne and changed his era name to Guangyun. Emperor Yang Jian of sui gave Xiao Chun a seal letter and encouraged him to limit himself more, give more favors to the people, and govern the country with courtesy.

The country was destroyed into Sui

In the same year (585), Xiao Chun sent the general Qi Xin to lead a water army to sneak up on Chen Dynasty's public security (place name), but did not attack and returned. Emperor Wen of Sui recruited Xiao Cen's uncle Xiao Cen into the dynasty, appointed him as a general, made him the Duke of Yiyi, and left Xiao Cen in Chang'an without letting him go back. He also set up the governor of Jiangling to monitor Xiao Chun. The general Xu Shiwu appointed by Xiao Chun secretly used the city pool to unite with the Chen Dynasty generals Jingzhou Assassin Shi and Yihuang Marquis Chen Huiji (mistaken for Chen Ji in the Book of Sui), and after the matter was leaked, Xiao Chun killed Xu Shiwu.

In August of the seventh year of the reign of Emperor Kai (587), Emperor Wen of Sui recruited Xiao Chun into the dynasty. Xiao Chun led a group of more than 200 officials and more than 200 officials from Jiangling, and the fathers and people of Jiangling did not shed tears, they said that Xiao Chun would not return. On August 18, Xiao Chun arrived in Chang'an. Emperor Wen of Sui left Western Liang because Xiao Chun and others left Western Liang, so he sent Cui Hongdu, the Duke of Wuxiang, to lead an army to defend Jiangling. Cui Hongdu's army reached Fuzhou (鄀州, in the Zizhi Tongjian as the capital prefecture), Xiao Chun's uncle Taifu (太傅) and Xiao Yan (萧岩) the Prince of Anping, and his younger brothers Xiao Yan (萧瓛) the Prince of Jingzhou and Xiao Yong (萧瓛) the Prince of Yixing, fearing that Cui Hongdu would take advantage of the opportunity to attack Jiangling, on August 23 sent the governor Shangshu Shen Jungong (沈君公) to request a surrender to Chen Huiji. On September 18, Chen Huiji led his army to Jiangling Castle. On September 19, Xiao Yan, Xiao Wan, and others led a total of 100,000 Western Liang officials and civilians to surrender to the Chen Dynasty. When Emperor Wen of Sui learned of this, he ordered the deposing of the Western Liang regime and sent Shangshu Zuo's servant Gao Ji to gather and resettle the people who had not surrendered to the Chen Dynasty; He also ordered that the tomb be guarded by ten families of Emperor Xuan of Western Liang and Emperor Xiaoming of Western Liang; He also appointed Xiao Chun as the Shangzhu State and made him the Duke of Juguo.

Heavily weighted

On October 23, the fourteenth year of the reign of Emperor Kai (594), Emperor Wen of Sui issued an edict that, due to the abolition of the temple sacrifices in the imperial chambers of the Three Kingdoms of Northern Qi, Western Liang, and Chen Dynasty, Xiao Chun and Gao Renying, the former King of Gaoping of Northern Qi, and Chen Shubao, the former Emperor of the Chen Dynasty, were respectively responsible for the sacrifices on time, and the artifacts needed for the sacrifices were supplied by the officials in charge of the relevant departments of the imperial court.

In the fourth year of Renshou (604), Emperor Wen of Sui died and was succeeded by his son Yang Guang, the Emperor of Sui. Because Xiao Chun was the brother of Empress Xiao (Empress Xiao) of the Sui Dynasty, he was particularly favored by the Sui Emperor and was appointed as the Inner Shi Ling(内史令), which was later renamed the Duke of Liang. Xiao Chun's clans below his grandfather were all promoted and appointed according to their talents, and several of Xiao Chun's brothers were officials in the imperial court. Xiao Chun's temperament was indifferent and elegant, he did not seriously handle government affairs, and only indulged in drinking after retiring from the dynasty. Nei Shi ordered Yang Yue to live with Xiao Chun, and the Sui Emperor ordered Yang Yue to convey his admonition and encouragement to Xiao Chun, and Yang Yue told him because he had a friendship with Xiao Chun. Xiao Chun said, "If I manage things like before, what is the difference between you and you?" Yang Yue smiled and withdrew. Yang Yue's elder brother Yang Su, who was serving as Shang Shu ling at the time, saw that Xiao Chun had married his cousin to the Tong'er clan, so he said to Xiao Chun: "You are the imperial clan, the clan is famous and beautiful, why did you marry your cousin to the Tong'er clan?" Xiao Chun replied, "I have already married my sister to Hou Mochen before, so what doubts do you have?" Yang Su said, "Tong'er is a Qiang person, and Hou Mochen is a Hu Yu, how can it be compared?" Yang Su believes that Hu Yu is superior and Qiang is inferior. Xiao Chun said, "I think there is any difference between the Qiang people and the Hu Yu, I have never heard of this before. Yang Su was ashamed and had nothing to say.

How Xiao Chun died

He died in his later years

Although Xiao Chun lived in Chang'an, there was no place inferior to the rich and noble families in the north. Xiao Chun had a deep friendship with He Ruobi of the Shangzhu State, and in the third year of Daye (607), the Sui Emperor killed He Ruobi for slandering the government. After He Ruobi's death, there was a folk nursery rhyme saying: "The Xiao Liang family is going to prosper again." The Sui Emperor was jealous of him, so he deposed Xiao Chun as a commoner, and Xiao Chun died soon after. The Sui Emperor posthumously honored him as Grand Master Zuo Guanglu.

In the second year of Yining (618), Xiao Chun's nephew Xiao Qian was proclaimed emperor, and his uncle Xiao Chun was posthumously honored as Emperor Xiaojing, with the temple name Huizong.