Cheng Wenji 程文季

Names

Identity

Historicity

Historical

Identification

Named

Sex

Male

• Sex: male
  Explicit · chenshu:010:s0003

Roles

• Family Member
• General
• Military Officer
• Official

Family

• Child of Cheng Lingxi (程靈洗)
  Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
• Parent of Cheng Xiang (程饗)
  Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

• Label: opener of the mansion equal to the three dukes / 開府儀同三司 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太建十年春 · Western Year: AD 578
  Explicit · chenshu:010:s0126
• Title: Marquis of Chong'an / 重安縣侯 · Action: demoted-posthumously · Households: 1000 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至德元年 · Western Year: AD 583
  Explicit · chenshu:010:s0134
• Title: Duke of Chong'an / 重安縣公 · Action: inherited
  Explicit · chenshu:010:s0106
• Status: captivity · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太建十年春 · Western Year: AD 578
  Explicit · chenshu:010:s0126
• Status: escape-failed · Action: recaptured · Place: Guoyang / 渦陽 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太建十一年 · Western Year: AD 579
  Explicit · chenshu:010:s0127

Places and affiliations

• Polity: Chen · Relation: served
  Explicit · chenshu:010:s0091
• Polity: Northern Zhou · Relation: captive-of
  Explicit · chenshu:010:s0126

Learning and skills

• Skill: riding and archery / 騎射 · Level: trained
  Explicit · chenshu:010:s0088

Events and relationships

• Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Zan (瓚) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天嘉二年 · Western Year: AD 561
  Explicit · chenshu:010:s0096
• Kind: military · Role: vanguard · Action: feared-as · Note: nicknamed Cheng the beast by Qi troops · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太建五年 · Western Year: AD 573
  Explicit · chenshu:010:s0120
• Relation: child-of · Person Id: Cheng Lingxi (程靈洗)
  Explicit · chenshu:010:s0086
• Relation: subordinate-of · Person Id: Chen Bomao (陳伯茂)
  Explicit · chenshu:010:s0092, chenshu:010:s0093

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment: deeply filial; wasted away from grief · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  Explicit · chenshu:010:s0104
• Assessment: harsh like his father; shared hardship; prevailed in war · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  Explicit · chenshu:010:s0136

Source notes

• Field: nickname · Statement: Northern Supervisory and Hall editions read 虎; Nan Shi reads 彪; present text 獸 avoids Tang taboo on 虎 · Witness Work: History of the Southern Dynasties / 南史
  Explicit · chenshu:010:s0145, chenshu:010:s0146