His grandfather Xiao Jinfeng (Chinese: 蕭金峰) was a teacher at local old-style private school.

The enemy of Chu Yupu (Chinese: 褚玉璞) were defeated and fled in disorder.

After the defeat of the Nationalists by the Communists in Chinese Civil War in June 1949, Xiao moved to Taiwan with his family.

After she died of illness in 1931, Xiao married Chen Mannong (Chinese: 陳曼儂).

[4] His second son, Shiao Yi, was a Chinese American wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry") novelist.