Overview
The translated histories identify Cheng as an aristocrat, military officer, and royal family member. This record brings together 6 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Cheng | 誠 | Cheng |
| Personal name | Cheng | 誠 | Cheng |
| Personal name | Cheng | 誠 | Chéng |
| Title | Prince of Wu | 吳王 | Wu Wang |
| Noble title | Prince of Wu | 吳王 | Wú wáng |
| Descriptive kinship | unnamed second son of Shizong | 次二未名 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Military Officer
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Death
- Cause: execution · Authority: Later Han / 漢Explicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0071
- Manner: executed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢末 · Western Year: AD 950 · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Ouyang Xiu (歐陽修)Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0028
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 顯德四年 · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 957Explicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0055
- Source Date: Text: 太祖即位 · Western Year: AD 951Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0029
- Source Date: Text: 漢末 · Western Year: AD 950Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0028
- Source Date: Text: 漢誅 · Western Interval: Start: AD 950 · End: AD 951Explicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0071
- Source Date: Text: 顯德四年夏四月癸未 · Western Year: AD 957Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0035
Family
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- Descendant of Guo Wei (郭威)Kinship Term: imperial grandson / 皇孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Intermediary Person Ids: Emperor Shizong (世宗) · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson
- Sibling of Zongyi (宗誼)Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Birth Order: 1 · Object Birth Order: 2
Kinship Term: the next two / 次二 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Birth Order: 1 · Object Birth Order: 2 - Child of Emperor Shizong (世宗)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 2
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 2
Career and standing
- Label: Grand General of the Left Martial Guard / 左武衛大將軍 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太祖即位 · Western Year: AD 951Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0029
- Label: Grand Tutor / 太傅 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德四年夏四月癸未 · Western Year: AD 957Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0035
- Label: Grand General of the Left Martial Guard / 左武衞大將軍 · Action: posthumously-grantedExplicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0073
- Label: Grand Tutor / 太傅 · Action: posthumously-grantedExplicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0055
- Title: Prince of Wu / 吳王 · Action: posthumously-enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德四年夏四月癸未 · Western Year: AD 957Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0035
- Title: Prince of Wu / 吳王 · Action: posthumously-grantedExplicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0055
Source notes
- Field: posthumous-office · Statement: s0073 assigns Left Martial Guard to Cheng; s0053 assigns Left Martial Guard to Kan and Left Garrison Guard to ChengExplicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0073, xinwudaishi:020:s0053
- From: unnamed second son · To: Cheng / 誠Strongly inferred · xinwudaishi:020:s0070, xinwudaishi:020:s0073
References in the histories
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