Xiao Cha

Emperor Xuan of Western Liang
西梁宣帝
Emperor of the Western Liang dynasty
Reign7 February 555 – 562
PredecessorEmperor Yuan of Liang (Liang dynasty)
SuccessorXiao Kui
Liang Emperor(s)Emperor Min
Emperor Jing
Born519
Died562 (aged 4243)
SpouseEmpress Wang
Consort Cao
Names
Xiao Cha (蕭詧)

Courtesy name

Lisun (理孫)
Posthumous name
Emperor Xuan (宣皇帝)
Temple name
Zhongzong (中宗)
FatherXiao Tong
MotherEmpress Dowager Gong

Emperor Xuan of Western Liang ((西)梁宣帝; 519 – March or April 562), personal name Xiao Cha (蕭詧), courtesy name Lisun (理孫), was the founding emperor of the Western Liang dynasty of China. He took the throne of the Liang dynasty with support from the Western Wei dynasty after Western Wei forces had defeated and killed his uncle Emperor Yuan in January 555. However, scholars consider his regime, known as the Western Liang or Later Liang in historiography, to be separate from the Liang dynasty proper.