Emperor Yuan of Liang (508–555), personal name
Xiao Yi (蕭繹),
courtesy name Shicheng (世誠), nickname
Qifu (七符), was an
emperor of the
Chinese Liang Dynasty. After his father
Emperor Wu and brother
Emperor Jianwen were successively taken hostage and controlled by the rebel general
Hou Jing, Xiao Yi was largely viewed as the
de facto leader of Liang, and after defeating Hou in 552 declared himself emperor. In 554, after offending
Yuwen Tai, the paramount general of rival
Western Wei, Western Wei forces descended on and captured his capital Jiangling (江陵, in modern
Jingzhou,
Hubei), executing him and instead declaring his nephew
Xiao Cha (Emperor Xuan) the Emperor of Liang.