Sui and Tang · Military Officer

Cheng Yaojin 程咬金

Attested AD 620

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cheng Yaojin was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 620 至於九曲…來降
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 72, passages 162-163

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Surrendered to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 72, passage 163

Events and relationships

Rode west and surrendered
Political · Defector · With Wang Shichong (王世充) · At Jiuqu 九曲
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 72, passages 162-163

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 72Volume 68 Biographies 18: Weichi Jingde, Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, Duan Zhixuan, Zheng Gongjin · 1 passage

叔寶薄世充之多詐，因其出抗官軍，至於九曲，與程咬金、吳黑闥、牛進達等數十騎西馳百許步，下馬拜世充曰：「雖蒙殊禮，不能仰事，請從此辭。」 Shubao despised Shichong's deceit; at Jiuqu, with Cheng Yaojin, Wu Heita, Niu Jinda, and dozens of riders, he rode west, dismounted, and said: "Though you have honored me, I cannot serve you—I take my leave."