孝肃 (Xiàosù): Xiaosu — posthumous title of Ba…

Meanings

1 Xiaosu — posthumous title of Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official famed for incorruptibility

Characters

孝

Examples

包拯死后被追谥为孝肃。

Bāo Zhěng sǐ hòu bèi zhuīshì wèi Xiàosù.

After his death, Bao Zheng was given the posthumous title Xiaosu.

合肥的包公祠又称孝肃祠。

Héféi de Bāogōngcí yòu chēng Xiàosùcí.

The Lord Bao Temple in Hefei is also called the Xiaosu Temple.

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history

孝 (xiào) means 'filial' and 肃 (sù) means 'solemn / strict'. The Northern Song court awarded Bao Zheng (包拯, 999-1062) this 谥号 (shìhào, posthumous title) to honor both his devotion to his parents and his fearsome integrity as a judge — he famously prosecuted corrupt officials regardless of rank. Today he is better known by the nickname 包青天 (Bāo Qīngtiān, 'Bao the Clear-Sky').