Secondly, both of them are military commanders, and their ability to lead troops is excellent. Xiao Daocheng's name is Shao Bo, and his father is Xiao Chengzhi. In the Southern Song Dynasty, his father was a military commander. When I was a child, I followed my father around and accumulated a lot of experience in marching and fighting. In 442 AD, Song Wendi appointed Xiao Daocheng as the general and led an army to attack Mianbei. Two years later, he led an army against the Northern Wei Dynasty. Later, he fought in four directions, made great contributions in the army and established a high prestige. ZSZSZSZ repelled the Northern Wei army with hundreds of elite knights.
Xiao Daocheng and Xiao Yan were the founding monarchs of China, Xiao Daocheng was the pioneer of Nanqi, and Xiao Yan was the pioneer of Nanliang. In 474 AD, Xiao Daocheng entered the center of political affairs and remained in power. In 477 AD, Xiao Daocheng bribed the attendants of the late emperor Liu Yu and killed him when the time was right. With the help of Xiao Daocheng, Liu Zhun proclaimed himself emperor, in fact, he was his puppet emperor. Two years later, Liu Zhun gave way to Xiao Daocheng, and Xiao Daocheng established Nanqi, which was called Emperor Gaudi in history. Like Xiao Daocheng, after entering state affairs, he gradually excluded dissidents and waited for the opportunity to come. In 502 AD, Qi State and Emperor Zen were forced to replace Qi State to establish Liang.
Finally, Xiao Daocheng and Xiao Yan were both gifted scholars when they were young, and both had profound calligraphy attainments. Like many emperors in history, Xiao Daocheng was very fond of calligraphy, and he was especially good at writing cursive script with pen and ink, often in one go. Xiao Yan's achievements in calligraphy are also quite high. He was keen on Wang Xizhi's calligraphy, leaving many works such as Twelve Thoughts on Zhong You's Calligraphy and Tao's Theory of Seclusion.
According to the development history of Xiao Daocheng and Xiao Yan, the development path of Xiao Yan is very similar to that of Xiao Daocheng. Xiao Yan got more help from his subordinates, while Xiao Daocheng relied on an iron fist.