Xiao Zhaowen
Southern Qi · Northern and Southern Dynasties · 4th ruler
齊廢帝 Qí Fèidì蕭昭文 Xiāo Zhāowén
Wade–Giles: Ch'i Fei-ti · Hsiao Chao-wen
Reigned 494 (74 days)
Reigned 74 days (494). Assassinated at 15 (East Asian reckoning). 4th ruler of Southern Qi.
Facts
- Reign
- 10 September 494 – 23 November 494 (4th ruler of Southern Qi)
- Length of reign
- 74 days
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- December 494
- Age at accession
- Unknown
- Age at death
- 15
- Cause of death
- AssassinatedKilled by officials, relatives, eunuchs or others within the same regime (including poisoning)
- Path to the throne
- Installed by othersSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, but the choice was made by officials, the army, eunuchs, consort kin, an empress dowager or the imperial clan
- Predecessor
- Xiao Zhaoye
- Successor
- Emperor Ming of Southern Qi
- Era names
- 延興 Yánxīng (proclaimed 494)
Ages are given in East Asian reckoning (sui): a person is one year old at birth and gains a year at each New Year, so the figure is one or two years higher than the Western age.
During the reign
Number of times each event is recorded in the official histories. How each item is counted
- Era name changes
- 1
- General amnesties
- 1
- Empresses installed
- 0
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 1
- Rebellions faced
- 2
- Capital relocations
- 0
Emperors of Southern Qi
- 1stEmperor Gao of Southern Qi齊高帝 Qí Gāodì蕭道成 Xiāo Dàochéng479–482 · 2 years · Natural causes, age 56479–4822 yearsNatural causes, age 56
- 2ndEmperor Wu of Southern Qi齊武帝 Qí Wǔdì蕭賾 Xiāo Zé482–493 · 11 years · Natural causes, age 54482–49311 yearsNatural causes, age 54
- 3rdXiao Zhaoye齊廢帝 Qí Fèidì蕭昭業 Xiāo Zhāoyè493–494 · 1 year · Assassinated, age 21493–4941 yearAssassinated, age 21
- 4thXiao Zhaowen齊廢帝 Qí Fèidì蕭昭文 Xiāo Zhāowén494 · 74 days · Assassinated, age 1549474 daysAssassinated, age 15
- 5thEmperor Ming of Southern Qi齊明帝 Qí Míngdì蕭鸞 Xiāo Luán494–498 · 3 years · Natural causes, age 47494–4983 yearsNatural causes, age 47
- 6thXiao Baojuan齊廢帝 Qí Fèidì蕭寶卷 Xiāo Bǎojuǎn498–501 · 3 years · Assassinated, age 19498–5013 yearsAssassinated, age 19
- 7thEmperor He of Southern Qi齊和帝 Qí Hédì蕭寶融 Xiāo Bǎoróng501–502 · 1 year · Assassinated, age 15501–5021 yearAssassinated, age 15