Xiao Xiu (蕭秀 Xiāo xiù), styled Prince Anchengkang (安成康王 Ancheng Kang Wang, also translated as Prince Kang of Ancheng) (475–518),
was a younger half-brother of Emperor Wu, the first emperor of China's Liang Dynasty (who had the personal name of Xiao Yan). According to the Liang Shu, he was the 7th son of the Xiao Yan's father Xiao Shunzhi.
Xiao Xiu is said to have been a disciple of the Buddhist monk Daodu (道度, 462–527).
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Xiao Xius Mausoleum
Xiao Xiu is better remembered not for what he did while alive, but for his tomb, whose assortment of animal sculptures is the most complete set of such statuary surviving from that period.
Xiao Xiu's tomb is located in the Ganjia Lane (甘家巷 Gānjiā xiàng) neighborhood in today's Qixia District north-east of Nanjing.
It is thought that the sculptural ensemble of the tomb included a pair of winged lion-like animals (bixie), four steles supported by stone tortoises, and a pair of fluted columns. Visited and photographed by Victor Segalen in 1917, the ensemble of the Tomb of Xiao Xiu (with his name better known under its French transcription, Siao Sieou) soon became well known to Europe's and the world's students of ancient Chinese sculpture. Presently, the site is on the grounds of Gan Jia Xiang Elementary School.
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蕭秀(475年 - 518年),字
彥達,梁武帝
蕭衍七弟、始興王蕭憺的胞兄,母吳太妃,
安成康王。
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生平
十二歲時,生母吳太妃去世,蕭秀母弟蕭憺時年九歲,二人以孝著稱,居喪,累日不進漿飲,父親蕭順之親自取粥給他們吃,命側室陳氏撫養二子。陳氏無子,有母德,視二子如親生。蕭秀長大了,美風儀,性方靜,即使是左右近侍,不是正衣冠也不相見,于是親友及家人都敬重他。南齊時,蕭秀弱冠為著作佐郎,歷任後軍法曹行參軍,太子舍人。
永元年間,大哥蕭懿入平崔慧景,為尚書令,居端右;弟蕭暢為衛尉,掌管籥。皇帝蕭寶卷昏暴,殺死蕭懿,蕭宏、蕭秀等人奔避隱藏,惟蕭融被害。
蕭衍軍至新林,蕭秀等人投奔,蕭衍以蕭秀為輔國將軍。是時蕭寶卷弟晉熙王蕭寶嵩為冠軍將軍、南徐州刺史,鎮京口,長史范岫行府州事,遣使降蕭衍,並且請兵。以蕭秀為冠軍長史、南東海太守,鎮京口。攻克建康,蕭秀仍為使持節、都督南徐、兗二州諸軍事、南徐州刺史,輔國將軍如故。天監元年(502年),南梁建立,蕭秀進號征虜將軍,封安成郡王,邑二千戶。京口自崔慧景作亂後,民戶流散,蕭秀京口在招懷撫納,以私財賑濟百姓,所濟活甚多。二年(503年),入朝領石頭戍事,加散騎常侍。三年(504年),進號右將軍。五年(506年),加領軍、中書令,給鼓吹一部。
六年(507年)四月二十,出任使持節、都督江州諸軍事、平南將軍、江州刺史。行前,主者求堅船來做齋舫(裝載庫中財物的船)。蕭秀說:「吾豈愛財而不愛士。」乃教所由,以堅固的船給參佐,次等的船載齋物。既而遭風,齋舫遂破。及至江州,聽說前刺史取徵士陶潛曾孫為里司。蕭秀嘆道:「陶潛之德,豈可不及後世!」即日徵辟他為西曹。當時盛夏江水泛長,橋梁斷絕,外司請依舊法,收屈價直。秀下教:「刺史不德,水潦為患,可利之乎!給船而已。」七年(508年),養母陳太妃去世,丁憂,蕭衍下詔複官視事。六月廿一,轉任都督荊、湘、雍、益、寧、南、北梁、南、北秦州九州諸軍事、平西將軍、荊州刺史。遷號安西將軍。立學校,招隱逸。
北魏懸瓠城民殺豫州刺史司馬悅,求救于司州刺史馬仙琕,馬仙琕再請求荊州。蕭秀以為事情緊急,沒有聽從下屬稟報朝廷的建議,直接派兵救援。沮水暴長,危害民田,蕭秀以二萬斛谷賑濟,派長史蕭琛簡府州貧老單丁吏,一日散遣五百餘人,百姓非常高興。巴陵郡馬營蠻在長江沿岸劫掠,蕭秀派遣防閣文熾率眾燒掉江邊林木,馬營蠻失去天險,不敢再出來搶劫。
十一年(512年),征為侍中、中衛將軍,領宗正卿、石頭戍事。十三年(514年),出任為使持節、散騎常侍、都督郢、司、霍三州諸軍事、安西將軍、郢州刺史。郢州當塗百姓貧苦,以婦人服役,其弊如此。蕭秀至郢州,說:「不識救弊之術;此州凋殘,不可擾也。」于是務存約己,省去游費,境內晏然。司州叛蠻田魯生,弟田魯賢、田超秀,據蒙籠來降。蕭衍以田魯生為北司州刺史,田魯賢北豫州刺史,田超秀定州刺史,作為北境屏障。田魯生、田超秀互相讒毀,蕭秀安撫他們,使他們各得其用。
十六年(517年),遷使持節、都督雍、梁、南、北秦四州郢州之竟陵司州之隨郡諸軍事、鎮北將軍、寧蠻校尉、雍州刺史。十七年(518年)春二月初七,走到竟陵郡石梵,去世,時年四十四。蕭衍遣皇子南康王蕭績緣道迎候靈柩。蕭秀去雍州之前,郢州不行相送出境,聽說他病了,百姓商賈咸為請命。去世後,四州民裂裳為白帽,哀哭迎送。雍州蠻迎蕭秀,聽說去世的消息,祭哭而去。喪至京師,蕭衍冊贈侍中、司空,謚號康。
親屬
;子
• 蕭機,諡號煬王
• 蕭推
• 蕭撝
注釋
資料來源
• 《梁書》卷22 列傳第16
• 《南史》卷52 列傳第42
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