Xie Fanjing came from a noble family—her father Xie Yang () was a mid-low level official in the imperial administration, but her grandfather Xie Zhuang () was a highly ranked, albeit not particularly powerful official in the administrations of
Emperor Xiaowu and
Emperor Ming, and was a descendant of Xie Wan (), the younger brother of the famed
Jin prime minister
Xie An. (Xie Zhuang's father Xie Hongwei () was adopted into Xie An's line, and so could also be considered a descendant of Xie An.) Fanjing married Emperor Shun as his empress on 26 November 478, when he was 11 and effectively a puppet emperor under the general and regent
Xiao Daocheng; her age at that time was not known. Shun was forced to yield the throne to Xiao in 479, ending Liu Song and starting
Southern Qi. As Xiao created Emperor Shun the Prince of
Ruyin, she carried the title of
Princess of Ruyin. Later that year, Emperor Shun was killed by soldiers who were supposed to protect him, and Xiao followed by ordering the execution of the Liu clan. It appears probable that Fanjing survived the slaughter, as the slaughter targeted male members of the
clan, although it is not known conclusively. It is also not known when she died, and there was no record of a
posthumous name given to her. == Sources ==