Five Dynasties · Official

Cheng Xun 程遜

Attested AD 939

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cheng Xun was an official.

Life and dates

Death

Perished at sea · At sea 海
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 78, passage 155

Attested activity

AD 939 天福四年冬十月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 78, passage 155

Career and standing

chief minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices 太常卿
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 78, passage 155
right vice director 右僕射
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 78, passage 155

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 78Volume 78 Book of Later Jin 4: Gaozu Annals 4 · 1 passage

丙午，以太常卿程遜沒於海，廢朝一日，贈右僕射。 On the bingwu day, because Cheng Xun, chief minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, had perished at sea, court was suspended for one day and he was posthumously granted the title right vice director.