Xiao He

Xiao He

▪ Chinese government adviser
born , Peixian, Jiangsu province, China
died 193 BCE

      adviser who helped Liu Bang (Gaozu) establish the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE) of China and served as his chief minister.

      Xiao was a clerk in the district government of Peixian during the later years of the Qin dynasty (221–207 BCE). He early attached himself to Liu Bang, becoming his intimate friend and serving him as an adviser when Liu joined the rebellions that brought down the Qin dynasty in 207–206 BCE. When Liu's insurgent forces captured the Qin capital of Xianyang, Xiao obtained the government's official files, whose records and maps would prove of considerable use to Liu in his rivalry with the leader of the rebel armies, Xiang Yu. After the collapse of the Qin, Xiang Yu gave Liu control of Sichuan and southern Shaanxi provinces, in western China. Xiao was put in charge of these rear areas as Liu embarked in the final struggle for power that ended with Xiang Yu's suicide in 202. The Han dynasty was founded under Liu, who was henceforth known as the Gaozu emperor.

      Xiao recommended the removal of the capital to Chang'an (near present-day Xi'an) and drew up a code of laws for the new Han dynasty that would greatly influence later lawmakers. When the Gaozu emperor's former generals challenged his authority, it was again Xiao who advised the emperor on the tactics of eliminating those warlords one by one. With the unification of the empire, Gaozu officially appointed Xiao chief minister of the Han dynasty.

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