Xiao Ziyun (487-549) was a historian and writer in the Southern Dynasties. The word Qi Jing comes from South Lanling. The grandson of Xiao Daocheng, the emperor of the Southern Qi Dynasty, and the ninth son of Xiao Ben, the king of yu zhang. Xiao Ziyun studied hard and wrote well since childhood. At the age of 26, he wrote the Book of Jin, and at the age of 30, he served as Liang Langzhong. Later, he moved to Prince Scheeren and wrote "Oriental Palace Newspeak". Later, he moved to the north to join the army, and worked in Jin 'an as a literature, Si Tuleideng, chief book and official department minister. He is also good at cursive script, and he is good at the books of Zhong Yuanchang (Zhong You) and Wang Shaoyi (Wang Xizhi), but his books are elegant by slightly changing the font. Liang Wudi praised it as "the pen is strong, and the heart and hand are corresponding. It is smarter than Du Du (a cursive writer in the Eastern Han Dynasty) and more beautiful than Cui Shi. It should be rushed with Chang Yuan. " Xiao Ziyun's calligraphy is well known. Baekje sent envoys to the Southern Dynasties to buy his calligraphy works. At that time, Xiao Ziyun was appointed as Danyang county magistrate, and the emissary was waiting on the road. When he saw Ziyun, he greeted him and said, "I have received the beauty of your majesty and the letter. I have gone abroad. All I want today is fame. " Subsequently, Xiao Ziyun waved his hand for 3 days and wrote 30 papers with Baekje envoys. In March of the third year of Taiqing (549), Taicheng fell, Xiao Ziyun went to Jinling in the east and died in Xianling Temple at the age of 62.
Xiao Ziyun's works include The Book of Jin (lost, series 1 volume) and New Notes of the East Palace. When Hou Jing rebelled, he fled to Jinling and starved to death in a monk's room.