![]() War broke out as soon as Emperor Jing took the throne, as generals loyal to Wang, including Xu Sihui ( 徐嗣徽), Ren Yue ( 任約), Hou Tian ( 侯瑱), Wang's son-in-law Du Kan ( 杜龕), and brother Wang Sengzhi ( 王僧智), all rose to resist Chen, and Xu and Ren sought Northern Qi aid. However, actual powers were in Chen Baxian's hands. Xiao Yuanming abdicated, and Xiao Fangzhi took the throne (as Emperor Jing).Įmperor Jing honored his mother Consort Xia as empress dowager and his wife Princess Wang as empress. Wang was caught by surprise and was captured and executed by Chen. In fall 555, however, Chen, displeased at Xiao Yuanming's becoming emperor, made a surprise attack on Jiankang from his headquarters at Jingkou (京口, in modern Zhenjiang, Jiangsu). Xiao Yuanming created Xiao Fangzhi crown prince, pursuant to his promise. In summer 555, Xiao Yuanming arrived at Jiankang to take the throne, although military authorities remained in Wang's and Chen's hands. ![]() Wang initially rejected Emperor Wenxuan's and Xiao Yuanming's overtures, but after his forces suffered several defeats at Northern Qi's hands, became apprehensive and decided to accept Xiao Yuanming as emperor, after extracting a promise from Xiao Yuanming to create Xiao Fangzhi crown prince. He created Emperor Yuan's cousin Xiao Yuanming the Marquess of Zhenyang, who had been captured by Northern Qi's predecessor state Eastern Wei in 547, and he sent his brother Gao Huan ( 高渙) the Prince of Shangdang to escort Xiao Yuanming back to Liang. Meanwhile, Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi had his own designs on putting an emperor on the Liang throne who would be friendly to Northern Qi. In spring 555, they declared him the Prince of Liang and had him take the throne-but not with imperial title. Rather, they welcomed Xiao Fangzhi to the old capital Jiankang, initially offering him the title of Taizai ( 太宰) and had him formally exercise imperial power. However, most of the remaining Liang provinces were under the control of Emperor Yuan's general Wang Sengbian and Wang's lieutenant Chen Baxian, and they refused to recognize Xiao Cha as emperor. Western Wei created Xiao Fangzhi's cousin Xiao Cha Emperor of Liang. ![]() Emperor Yuan was captured and subsequently executed around the near year 555, as were all of the then-surviving brothers of Xiao Fangzhi. In winter 554, Jiangling, then the capital, fell to Western Wei forces. In 553, Xiao Fangzhi was made a general and the governor of Jiang Province (江州, modern Jiangxi), although, because he was just nine years old, actual gubernatorial authorities were probably carried out by staff members. In 552, after Xiao Yi had defeated Hou and taken the throne at his headquarters of Jiangling (江陵, in modern Jingzhou, Hubei) as Emperor Yuan, he created Xiao Fangzhi the Prince of Jin'an, and honored Xiao Fangzhi's mother Consort Xia as the Princess Dowager of Jin'an. He was created the Marquess of Xingliang in 549, probably by Xiao Yi, exercising acting imperial powers, as that year, the capital Jiankang fell to the rebel general Hou Jing, who took Emperor Wu and his crown prince, Xiao Fangzhi's uncle Xiao Gang hostage, and the subsequent acts of Emperor Wu and Xiao Gang (who succeeded to the throne as Emperor Jianwen later that year when Emperor Wu died) were not recognized as genuine imperial edicts. His mother was Xiao Yi's concubine Lady Xia. Xiao Fangzhi was born in 544, when his father Xiao Yi was the Prince of Xiangdong during the reign of his grandfather, the founding emperor Emperor Wu. As the only surviving son of Emperor Yuan, he was declared emperor by the general Chen Baxian in 555, but in 557 Chen forced him to yield the throne and established Chen Dynasty. "the alert Emperor")Įmperor Jing of Liang ( Chinese: 梁敬帝 543 – 5 May 558), personal name Xiao Fangzhi ( 蕭方智), courtesy name Huixiang ( 慧相), nickname Fazhen ( 法真), was an emperor of the Chinese Liang Dynasty.
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