Xiao Tong

Xiao Tong, Zhao Ming Prince, Zi De Shi, the eldest son of Xiao Yan, Emperor Liang Wu of Southern Dynasty, was an intelligent and great learning from a child. He lived in Zhaoyin Mountain since 20 years old. Together with famous scholars, he compiled "anthology",the first literature general collections in Chinese literature history, which is also called "Zhaoming Collections", having far-reaching effect on the development of the literature later. After this collection,Xiao Tong was blind due to fatigue and died in Jiankang (Nanjing now), only 31 years old. He was titled by people as Zhaoming.