* Xiao Zhuang Di, emperor of Northern Wei ( d. 531 )

* Xiao Zhuang

* Xiao Zhuang Di, age 21, is placed on the throne by the Chinese general Erzhu Rong and succeeds Xiao Ming Di as ruler of Northern Wei.

* Emperor Xiao Zhuang Di is arrested and imprisoned in a Buddhist temple at Jinyang ( Shanxi ).

* Xiao Zhuang

* Empress Dowager Xiao Zhuang, initially Consort Zhuang ( 莊妃 )

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* Empress Xiao Zhuang Rui ( 孝莊睿皇后 ), family name Qian ( 錢 ) ( died 1468 ), married the Zhengtong Emperor in 1442, lost her position as empress when her husband was stripped of the position of emperor in 1449, reinstated as empress in 1457, created Empress Dowager Ciyi ( 慈懿皇太后 ) during the reign of her stepson

Image: Imperial Portrait of Empress Xiao Zhuang Wen. jpg | Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang

However, because the Liang general Wang Lin, who had by that point supported the Liang prince Xiao Zhuang as emperor, controlled the parts of Yangtze River that Chen Chang was required to travel on to reach Jiankang, Chen Chang was unable to proceed much on his journey, and he had to stop at Anlu ( 安陸, in modern Xiaogan, Hubei ).

In spring 560, Emperor Wen's forces, under the general Hou Tian ( 侯瑱 ), defeated Wang Lin's, and both Wang and Xiao Zhuang fled to Northern Qi.

* Zhang Xianghua, Hu Yadong, Zhou Shouying, Zhou Ziuhua, Zhuang Yali, He Yanwen, Han Yaqin, Li Ronghua, Yang Xiao — Rowing, Women's Eights

Xiao Zhang Zhuang Village,

She assumes regency over the young Xiao Wen Di.

* Xiao Wu Di, emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty ( d. 464 )

* Emperor Xiao Wen Di starts adopting a sinicization policy as well as various reforms.

* Emperor Xiao Wen Di moves the capital of Northern Wei from Datong to Luoyang.

* Emperor Xiao Wen Di of Northern Wei starts the Sinicization process by changing his clan name to the Han Chinese surname Yuan.

* Xiao Ming Di, emperor of Northern Wei ( d. 528 )

* Xiao Wu Di, emperor of Northern Wei ( d. 535 )

* Xiao Jing Di, emperor of Eastern Wei ( d. 552 )

* An Ding Wang commits suicide and is succeeded by Xiao Wu Di as Chinese emperor of Northern Wei.

* Wu Cheng Di succeeds Xiao Zhao Di as ruler of the Chinese Northern Qi Dynasty.

* Emperor Xiao Wen Di institutes an " equal-field " system of agriculture, assigning each peasant family about 19 acres ( 140 mu ) of land, of which a small portion is to be kept permanently by the farmer and his family with the rest reverting to the state upon his death of retirement.

* April 26 – Emperor Xiao Wen Di dies of starvation in his capital at Luoyang after a 27-year reign in which he has Sinicized his tribal relatives ( Tuoba clan ).

* Crown prince Xuan Wu Di, age 16, succeeds his father Xiao Wen Di and becomes emperor of Northern Wei.

* April 26 – Xiao Wen Di, emperor of Northern Wei ( b. 467 )

* Emperor Xiao Wen Di of Northern Wei builds the Shaolin Monastery ( Henan ) for the monk Batuo.

* Shun Di, age 10, becomes emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty after his brother Houfei Di is assasinated by general Xiao Daocheng.

* Shaolin Temple is founded ( according to the Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks ( 645 ) by Dàoxuān, the monastery is built on the north side of Shaoshi, the western peak of Mount Song, one of the four Sacred Mountains of China, by emperor Xiao Wen Di of the Northern Wei Dynasty in 477.

* Xiao Wen Di sets up the " Three Leaders " system, under which native hamlet, village and district officers are responsible for taxation and conscription.

* The ruler of the nomadic Tuoba tribal state in Northern China adopts a Chinese surname and will reign Northern Wei as emperor Xiao Wen Di until his death in 499.

Rafe de Crespigny, Tong Xiao, and David R. Knechtges claim that Zhang wrote this as an innuendo hinting at his inability to keep in contact with the emperor, hindered by unworthy rivals and petty men.

* Xiao Zhaowen, emperor of Southern Qi ( d. 494 )

* Xiao Zhaowen, emperor of Southern Qi ( b. 480 )

* Xiao Zhaoye, emperor of Southern Qi ( known as the Prince of Yulin ) ( b. 473 )

* Xiao Baojuan, emperor of Southern Qi ( d. 501 )

* Xiao Zhaoye, Chinese emperor of Southern Qi ( known as the Prince of Yulin ) ( d. 494 )

* Xiao Baojuan, emperor of Southern Qi ( b. 483 )

* March 31 – Xiao Ming Di, emperor of Northern Wei ( b. 510 )

* Xiao Zhao Di, emperor of Northern Qi ( d. 561 )

* Xiao Wu Di, emperor of Northern Wei ( b. 510 )

* Xiao Wen Di, emperor of Northern Wei ( d. 499 )

* Xiao Wu Di, emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty ( b. 430 )

The successor to the emperor Ming, emperor Houfei, was resentful of the control Xiao Daocheng had over him and announced openly several times he would kill him.