492 - 492 Births, 492 Deaths, Pope Felix III, Xiao Ni, List of State Leaders in 492, Abraham the Great of Kashkar, Jilji of Geumgwan Gaya (Paperback)

Chapters: 492 Births, 492 Deaths, Pope Felix Iii, Xiao Ni, List of State Leaders in 492, Abraham the Great of Kashkar, Jilji of Geumgwan Gaya, Battle of Cotyaeum. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Xiao Ni () (444-492), courtesy name Xuanyan (), formally Prince Wenxian of Yuzhang (), was an imperial prince during the Chinese dynasty Southern Qi. He was a son of the founder Emperor Gao (Xiao Daocheng) and a brother of Emperor Wu (Xiao Ze). Xiao Ni was born in 444 as the second son of Xiao Daocheng and his wife Liu Zhirong (), four years younger than his older brother Xiao Ze. Because Xiao Daocheng was a Liu Song general who contributed in military campaigns, Xiao Ni served in a number of low level government posts early in his life, including as a county magistrate and as an administrator in the census bureau. Around 466, when his father was given a greater title for his contributions in Emperor Ming of Liu Song's war for the throne with Liu Zixun, Xiao Ni was given his father's old title of Marquess of Jinshou. He later served as a general under his father during the rebellion of Emperor Ming's brother Liu Xiufan () the Prince of Guiyang in 474, early in the reign of Emperor Ming's son Emperor Houfei. By 477, the young but violent and arbitrary Emperor Houfei was universally feared by officials and the people, for he was in the habit of roving outside the palace with his guards, killing all humans or animals that they came in contact with. One night, Emperor Houfei and his guards descended on the Xiaos' old house in Qingxi (), a suburb of the capital Jiankang, where Xiao Ni was residing. Xiao Ni had his guards perform a sword dance in the courtyard, and as Emperor Houfei saw it, he assumed that Xiao Ni would be ready for any attacks, and so left....More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=577359