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萧衍

蕭衍
Xiāo Yǎn
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Xiao Yan (464–549), Emperor Wu of Liang, who founded the Liang dynasty and reigned 502–549

Examples

HSK 6
萧衍是梁朝的开国皇帝。
Xiāo Yǎn shì Liángcháo de kāiguó huángdì.
Xiao Yan was the founding emperor of the Liang dynasty.
HSK 7-9
萧衍信佛，自己不吃肉，还要求和尚吃素。
Xiāo Yǎn xìn fó, zìjǐ bù chī ròu, hái yāoqiú héshang chīsù.
Xiao Yan was a Buddhist; he ate no meat himself and required monks to keep a vegetarian diet.

Tips

history
A member of the ruling clan of the Southern Qi, he took the throne in 502 and reigned for 47 years, longer than any other emperor of the Southern Dynasties. In 548 the general 侯景 rebelled and took 建康, and the old emperor died a captive in 549, aged 85.
culture
His essay calling on monks to give up wine and meat, 《断酒肉文》, is the reason Chinese Buddhist monks and nuns eat no meat to this day. His son 萧统 compiled the anthology 《文选》. Histories usually call him by his title, 梁武帝.

Stroke Order

萧 xiāo
衍 yǎn