 In 551, when Xiao Gang, then emperor (as Emperor Jianwen) but under control and virtual house arrest by the general Hou Jing, Hou, to try to show off his power, deposed Emperor Jianwen and made Xiao Tong's grandson Xiao Dong the Prince of Yuzhang emperor.It was then that Xiao Tong was posthumously honored an emperor.Xiao Tong is survived by his great literary compendium, the "Wenxuan", an anthology of literature divided into 60 chapters.