[1]Name, dates, and statusThis sentence gives the name, the competing birth years of 601 and 670, the account that leaves the birth year unknown while giving an age above eighty, the death year 749, and his status as a Tang-dynasty chancellor and poet.
CBDBXiao Song (12261)The original values provide the name, a 670 birth year, the 749 death year, and the designations poet and chancellor.
Souyun蕭嵩 (19471)The biographical entries identify him as a Tang man, give his death as 749, and include an account with no birth year but an age above eighty at death.
WikidataXiao Song (Q8044230)The original values provide the English name, identify him as a Tang-dynasty chancellor, and give time values corresponding to 601 and 749.
[2]Ancestry and appearanceThe sentence preserves the competing statements about Nan Lanling, Chang'an, Xuzhou, and an unspecified native place, as well as the two stated lines of descent, the two forms of his father's name, and the description of his appearance.
CBDBXiao Song (12261)The address values give Chang'an and Xuzhou, while the kinship values identify the two forms of the father's name.
Souyun蕭嵩 (19471)The biographical values give Nan Lanling, leave the native place unspecified in one entry, describe him as Xiao Jun's grandson and Xiao Yu's great-grandson, and describe his appearance.
[3]Entry into officeThe career-entry value identifies recruitment as his route into office.
CBDBXiao Song (12261)The original entry designation is 徵辟, indicating recruitment or appointment by summons.
[4]Early officesThe sentence combines the differing Mingzhou office titles, the 705 and 710 appointments, the intervening censorial and court posts, and the early-Kaiyuan promotion to Zhongshu Sheren followed by the Songzhou appointment.
CBDBXiao Song (12261)The office values provide the Mingzhou and Liquan posts, the successive censorial and court positions, Zhongshu Sheren, and the Songzhou governorship, together with their dates and locations.
Souyun蕭嵩 (19471)The biographical entries describe the 705 Mingzhou appointment, the Liquan transfer, the sequence of offices, and the early-Kaiyuan promotion and dispatch to Songzhou.
[5]Senior offices before the frontier commandThe first sentence preserves the variant forms of the 723 office and gives the 724 transfer to the Ministry of War.
CBDBXiao Song (12261)The office values give the Kaiyuan 11 left vice directorate, with the form Shangshu Zuochengxiang, and the Kaiyuan 12 post of Vice Minister of War.
Souyun蕭嵩 (19471)The biographical entries confirm the 723 Shangshu Zuocheng appointment and the following year's transfer to Vice Minister of War.
[6]Frontier command and military meritThe second sentence gives the 726 and 727 frontier appointments and adds the account of the Guazhou capture, Du Binke's victory, the pacification of the frontier, and promotion for defeating the Tibetans.
CBDBXiao Song (12261)The office values provide the 726 Ministry of War and Shuofang command, the 727 Hexi command, their locations, and the Tong Zhongshu Menxia Sanpin appointment.
Souyun蕭嵩 (19471)The biographical entries describe the move from Shuofang to Hexi, the capture of Guazhou, Du Binke's defeat of the Tibetans, the quieter frontier, and promotion for the victory.
[7]Enfeoffment and central officeThe first sentence gives the Lanling barony, the Kaiyuan 17 central appointments, the alternate form of Zhi Yuanshi, the Golden Seal and Purple Ribbon rank, and the elevation to Duke of Xu.
CBDBXiao Song (12261)The office values provide the Kaiyuan 15 frontier appointment, the Kaiyuan 17 Zhongshu Ling appointment, the Jixian Hall and Zhi Yuanshi posts, and the state-duke rank.
Souyun蕭嵩 (19471)The biographical entries give the Lanling barony, the Kaiyuan 17 central appointments, the Golden Seal and Purple Ribbon rank, and the elevation to Duke of Xu; the profile also preserves the alternate title and ranks.
[8]Removal from the chancelleryThe second sentence combines the account of removal after Kaiyuan 21 with the separately listed Shangshu You Chengxiang office.
CBDBXiao Song (12261)The office values list Shangshu You Chengxiang.
Souyun蕭嵩 (19471)The biographical entries place his removal from the chancellery in or after Kaiyuan 21 and give the Shangshu You Chengxiang office.
[9]Divergent accounts of his late careerThe biographical entries disagree about the timing and form of the heir-apparent preceptorship, the Qingzhou demotion, and the restoration, while the office values list both the Junior and Grand Preceptor titles and Qingzhou.
Souyun蕭嵩 (19471)The three biographical entries give different sequences and titles for the late appointments and Qingzhou demotion, establishing the stated divergence.
CBDBXiao Song (12261)The office values list Taizi Shaoshi, Qingzhou cishi, and Taizi Taishi.
[10]Divergent accounts of his late careerOne account places his Grand Preceptor appointment in Kaiyuan 17 and describes Li Linfu's slander, the Qingzhou demotion, restoration, and retirement due to age; another places the appointment in Kaiyuan 24 as Junior Preceptor, also gives Grand Preceptor, and describes the subsequent demotion and restoration.
Souyun蕭嵩 (19471)The biographical entries give the Kaiyuan 17 Grand Preceptor account, Li Linfu's slander, the Qingzhou demotion, restoration and retirement due to age, and the alternative Kaiyuan 24 Junior Preceptor and Grand Preceptor account.
CBDBXiao Song (12261)The office values supply the Kaiyuan 24 Junior Preceptor date, Qingzhou, and the Grand Preceptor title.
[11]Death and posthumous awardThe sentence gives the 749 death, the age above eighty, and the posthumous award of Kaifu Yitong Sansi, with the death year also independently represented as a time value.
CBDBXiao Song (12261)The base value gives the year 749 for his death.
Souyun蕭嵩 (19471)The biographical values give the eighth year of Tianbao, 749, an age above eighty, and the posthumous award of Kaifu Yitong Sansi.
WikidataXiao Song (Q8044230)The time value independently gives the year 749 for his death.
[12]Family and descendantsThe kinship values identify He Hui as father-in-law, Xiao Hua as eldest son with death in 764, and Xiao Heng as second son.
CBDBXiao Song (12261)The kinship values identify the father-in-law, eldest son, second son, and Xiao Hua's death year.
[13]Family and descendantsThe later kinship value identifies Xiao Zong as the eighth-generation descendant or yun sun and gives his years as 976–1009.
CBDBXiao Song (12261)The kinship value gives Xiao Zong's name, the eighth-generation and yun sun relationships, and his birth and death years.
[14]Kaiyuan 25 gatheringThe association values identify the 737 gathering at the Wei family's Xiaoyaogu, the six named participants, the poetic exchange, and Wang Wei's preface.
CBDBXiao Song (12261)The association values provide the year, the poetic-exchange relationship, the six participants, and the account of Wang Wei's preface to the gathering.
[15]Poetic and prose exchangesThe association values record exchanges of poems and prose with Emperor Xuanzong, Song Jing, Zhang Yue, and Yuan Qianyao, and poems and prose received from Wang Wei, Wang Wan, and Wei Keng.
CBDBXiao Song (12261)The association values identify the direction of each poetic or prose exchange and name all seven associated figures.
[16]Literary profileThe status and biographical values describe Song as a poet and accomplished in prose, versed in ritual, and the author of many works.
CBDBXiao Song (12261)The status values designate him as a poet and as accomplished in prose.
Souyun蕭嵩 (19471)The biographical value says that he was versed in ritual and wrote many works, and also gives the surviving poem count.
[17]Works and surviving poemsThe works values give the three titles, while the biographical value states that two imperially commissioned poems survive.
CBDBXiao Song (12261)The works values list the titles 格後長行敕, 開元禮, and 開元禮義鏡.
Souyun蕭嵩 (19471)The biographical value states that two imperially commissioned poems survive.
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