Ancient China · Named Individual

Cheng Ying 程嬰

Attested BC 597 - BC 541

Passages
4
Chapters
3
Histories
3

Overview

The translated histories identify Cheng Ying as a named individual. This record brings together 4 passages from 3 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Cheng Ying 程嬰 Cheng Ying
Personal name Cheng Ying 程嬰 Cheng Ying
Personal Cheng Ying 程嬰 Chéng Yīng
Personal name Cheng Ying 程嬰 Chéng Yīng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Named Individual

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 春秋之世 · Western Interval: Start: BC 583 · End: BC 541
    Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:031:s0230
  • Source Date: Text: 晉景公之三年 · Western Year: BC 597
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:045:s0011
  • Source Date: Text: 生始滿月至十餘歲 · Western Interval: Start: AD 450 · End: AD 500
    Explicit event contextual date · weishu:093:s0036, weishu:093:s0041
  • Source Date: Text: 程嬰、公孫杵臼之義 · Western Year: BC 583
    Explicit · shiji:045:s0194

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 31Volume 28a: Biographies of Huan Tan; Feng Yan · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 45House of Han · 2 passages
Book of Wei, Chapter 93Volume 87: Morality and Righteousness: Yu Shenmen, Duan Jin, Shi Wende, Ji Gu, Wang Xuanwei, Lou Ti, Liu Kehou · 1 passage