Emperor Jianwen of Liang

Names
	Family name: Xiāo (蕭); Given name: Gāng (綱)
Era name and dates
	Dàbǎo (大寶): 550-551
Posthumous name
	Emperor Jiǎnwén (簡文皇帝, lit. "The Approachable and Civil Emperor"); Emperor Míng (明皇帝, lit. "The Understanding Emperor")
Temple name
	Tàizōng (太宗); Gāozōng (高宗)

Emperor Jianwen of Liang
梁簡文帝
Emperor Jianwen of Liang; 梁簡文帝
Emperor of the Liang Dynasty
Reign	7 July 549 – 2 October 551
Predecessor	Emperor Wu
Successor	Xiao Dong
Born	Xiao Liutong (蕭六通); 2 December 503
Died	15 November 551 (aged 47)
Burial	Zhuang Mausoleum (莊陵, in present-day Danyang, Jiangsu)
Consorts	Empress Jianwenjian (Wang Lingbin; 505 - 16 April 549)
Issue	See § Family
Names
Names
	Family name: Xiāo (蕭); Given name: Gāng (綱)
Era name and dates
	Dàbǎo (大寶): 550-551
Posthumous name
	Emperor Jiǎnwén (簡文皇帝, lit. "The Approachable and Civil Emperor"); Emperor Míng (明皇帝, lit. "The Understanding Emperor")
Temple name
	Tàizōng (太宗); Gāozōng (高宗)
House	Lanling Xiao
Father	Emperor Wu
Mother	Empress Dowager Mu

Emperor Jianwen of Liang (梁簡文帝; 2 December 503 – 551), personal name Xiao Gang (蕭綱), courtesy name Shizuan (世纘), childhood name Liutong (六通), was an emperor of the Chinese Liang Dynasty. He was initially not the crown prince of his father Emperor Wu, the founder of the dynasty, but became the crown prince in August 531 after his older brother Xiao Tong died. In 549, the rebellious general Hou Jing captured the capital Jiankang, and Hou subsequently held both Emperor Wu and Crown Prince Gang under his power, having Crown Prince Gang take the throne (as Emperor Jianwen) after Emperor Wu's death later that year. During Emperor Jianwen's reign, he was almost completely under Hou's control, and in 551, Hou, planning to take the throne himself, first forced Emperor Jianwen to yield the throne to his grandnephew Xiao Dong the Prince of Yuzhang, and then sent messengers to suffocate the former emperor.