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Cheng Lingxi 程靈洗

Died AD 568

Passages
33
Chapters
3
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Cheng Lingxi as an administrator, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 33 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Found inBook of Chen

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Cheng Lingxi 程靈洗 Cheng Lingxi
Surname Cheng 程 Chéng
Personal name Cheng Lingxi 程靈洗 Cheng Lingxi
Personal Cheng Lingxi 程靈洗 Chéng Língxǐ
Title Duke of Chong'an 重安縣公
Given Lingxi 靈洗 Língxǐ
Title Marquis of Baqiu 巴丘縣侯
Title Marquis of Suian 遂安縣侯
Courtesy Xuandi 玄滌 Xuándí
Posthumous Zhongzhuang 忠壯 Zhōngzhuàng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: died in office · Place: Yingzhou / 郢州 · Age: Value: 55 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光大二年 · Western Year: AD 568
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0083

Age

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0046
  • Source Date: Text: 光大二年 · Western Year: AD 568
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0083
  • Source Date: Text: 光大二年正月己亥 · Western Year: AD 568
    Explicit · chenshu:004:s0069
  • Source Date: Text: 光大元年 · Western Year: AD 567
    Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:020:s0116
  • Source Date: Text: 天嘉五年 · Western Year: AD 564
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0070
  • Source Date: Text: 天嘉四年 · Western Year: AD 563
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0069
  • Source Date: Text: 太建四年 · Western Year: AD 572
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0085
  • Source Date: Text: 紹泰元年 · Western Year: AD 555
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0059

Family

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  • Parent of Cheng Wenji (程文季)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: cloud-banner general / 雲麾將軍 · Action: advanced · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 廢帝即位 · Western Year: AD 566
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0072
  • Label: pacifying-west general / 安西將軍 · Action: advanced
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0078
  • Label: administrator of Xin'an / 新安太守 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元帝授 · Western Interval: Start: AD 552 · End: AD 554
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0050
  • Label: central protector of the army / 中護軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天嘉五年 · Western Year: AD 564
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0070
  • Label: inspector of South Yuzhou / 南豫州刺史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0066
  • Label: inspector of Yingzhou / 郢州刺史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0071
  • Label: Inspector of Yingzhou / 郢州刺史 · Action: held
    Explicit · chenshu:020:s0116
  • Label: garrisoning-west general / 鎮西將軍 · Action: posthumously-granted
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0084
  • Label: opener of an office equal to the three dukes / 開府儀同三司 · Action: posthumously-granted
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0084
  • Label: General Who Pacifies the West / 安西將軍 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光大二年正月己亥 · Western Year: AD 568
    Explicit · chenshu:004:s0069
  • Title: Marquis of Suian / 遂安縣侯 · Action: enfeoffed · Households: 1500 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 平徐嗣徽 · Western Interval: Start: AD 555 · End: AD 556
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0060
  • Title: Marquis of Baqiu / 巴丘縣侯 · Action: enfeoffed · Households: 500
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0050
  • Title: Duke of Chong'an / 重安縣公 · Action: re-enfeoffed · Households: 2000
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0078
  • Label: share offerings in the Founder's temple / 配享高祖廟庭 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太建四年 · Western Year: AD 572
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0085

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: harsh toward subordinates yet shared hardship; troops attached to him · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0079, chenshu:010:s0136
  • Kind: character · Statement: stern and harsh; enforced military law for small offenses
    Explicit · chenshu:010:s0079

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Chen, Chapter 4Volume 4: Emperor Fei · 1 passage
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Book of Chen, Chapter 10Volume 10: Zhou Tiehu; Cheng Lingxi · 30 passages
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Book of Chen, Chapter 20Volume 20: Dao Zhongju; Han Zigao; Hua Jiao · 2 passages
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征南將軍量、安南將軍明徹、郢州刺史靈洗，受律專征，備盡心力，撫勞驍雄，舟師俱進，義烈爭奮，凶惡奔殄，獻捷相望，重氛載廓，言念泣罪，思與惟新。 Campaigning-south general Liang, pacifying-south general Mingche, and Yingzhou inspector Lingxi took the law and marched with all their strength, heartening the brave as the fleets advanced together. Valor flared, the wicked were crushed, victory reports came in waves, and the foul air cleared. In judging guilt I look to renewal.