Overview
The translated histories identify Cheng Xun as an envoy, official, poet, and scholar. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Cheng Xun | 程遜 | Cheng Xun |
| Personal name | Cheng Xun | 程遜 | Cheng Xun |
| Courtesy | Fuxiu | 浮休 | Fuxiu |
| Given | Xun | 遜 | Xun |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · jiuwudaishi:096:s0140
Roles
- Envoy
- Official
- Poet
- Scholar
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: drowned on return voyage · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天福三年 · Western Year: AD 938Explicit · jiuwudaishi:096:s0151, jiuwudaishi:096:s0144
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 天福三年秋 · Western Year: AD 938Explicit · jiuwudaishi:096:s0144
Family
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- Child of Mother of Cheng Xun (程遜母)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Career and standing
- Label: Hanlin academician; Minister of Imperial Sacrifices / 翰林學士、太常卿 · Action: heldExplicit · jiuwudaishi:096:s0143
Places and affiliations
- Place: Shouchun / 壽春Explicit · jiuwudaishi:096:s0140
Works and attributed material
- Work: mid-autumn poem lines / 幽室有時聞雁叫… · Relation: authorExplicit · jiuwudaishi:096:s0149
- Kind: poem · Role: author · Quoted: trueExplicit · jiuwudaishi:096:s0149
References in the histories
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