I am Emperor Jianwen of Liang, I was an emperor of the Chinese Liang Dynasty. I was initially not the crown prince of my father Emperor Wu, the founder of the dynasty, but became the crown prince in 531 after my older brother Xiao Tong died. In 549, the rebellious general Hou Jing captured the capital Jiankang, and Hou subsequently held both Emperor Wu and Crown Prince Gang under my power, having Crown Prince Gang take the throne (as Emperor Jianwen) after Emperor Wu's death later that year. During Emperor Jianwen's reign, I was almost completely under Hou's control, and in 551, Hou, planning to take the throne himself, first forced Emperor Jianwen to yield the throne to my grandnephew Xiao Dong the Prince of Yuzhang, and then sent messengers to suffocate the former emperor.