Xiao Yuanming | Xiao Yi | Xiao Yanling | Xiao Xiu | Zhu Xiao Di | Zhang Zhizhong | Xiao Xian | Xiao Mohe | Xiao Huang-Chi | Xiao He | Xiao-Gang Wen | Xiao'erjing | Xiao | Statuary at Xiao Xiu's tomb. Photo by Victor Segalen | Ma Xiao | Liu Xiao Ling Tong | Empress Xiao Wen | David Xiao |
However, in 706, he would have a brief downfall -- as he was indicted by the censor Xiao Zhizhong of having hidden a parent's death to avoid serving a mourning period, a severe breach of the Confucian requirements for filial piety -- and was demoted to be the prefect of Shen Prefecture (申州, roughly modern Xinyang, Henan).