Cheng Zhen 程振

Other names

Family

• Kin of Cheng Ting (庭)
  brother's son / nephew 從子 · paternal line · Through Brother of Cheng Zhen
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 238
• Ancestor of Cheng Dong (東)
  great-grandson 曾孫 · paternal line · 3 generations · Through Son of Cheng Zhen, Grandson of Cheng Zhen
  Directly stated · songshi:357:s0247b
• Sibling of Brother of Cheng Zhen
  brother 兄弟 · Uncertain siblings
  Strongly inferred · History of Song 357, passage 238
• Parent of Son of Cheng Zhen
  son 子
  Directly stated · songshi:357:s0247a

• Kinship Role relatives · Count 3
  Directly stated · songshi:357:s0247a

Career and standing

• head of the search for funds 主根索
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 189
• supervising secretary 給事中
  AD 1120 to AD 1121 方臘起 · Appointed
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 214
• prefect of Kaifeng 開封尹
  AD 1126 靖康元年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 227
• investigating censor 監察御史
  Appointed
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 207
• recorder of the Imperial Academy 辟雍錄
  Appointed
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 205
• vice director of the Left Office 左司員外郎
  Appointed
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 207

Places and affiliations

• Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passages 189, 205, 214, 219, 274, 277
• At Leping in Raozhou 饒州樂平
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 203
• At Chongyou Abbey 沖佑觀 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 217
• At eastern and western Jing 京東、西路 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 205
• At home for burial 歸葬 · Relation Buried at
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 238
• At Kaifeng 開封 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passages 227, 247

Learning and skills

• Institution National University 太學 · Relation Student of
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 204
• Skill drafting documents 書命 · Level excelled
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 215

Works and attributed material

• AD 1119 to AD 1125 宣和
  Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Emperor Qinzong (欽宗) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passages 241-243
• AD 1126 靖康元年
  Memorial speech · Speaker · Addressed to Emperor Qinzong (欽宗) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passages 219-224
• Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Emperor Qinzong (欽宗) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 225
• Speech · Speaker · Addressed to He Li (何栗) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 235
• Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Emperor Qinzong (欽宗) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passages 208-209
• Historical judgment · Subject · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passages 274, 277

Events and relationships

• Asked to establish a temple at Zou to Mencius
  Ritual · Petitioner · With Meng Ke (孟軻)
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 206
• Asked to enroll fugitives in infantry and remit crimes
  Legal · Advocate
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 231
• Asked to restore old capital pardon practice
  Legal reform · Petitioner
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passages 228-230
• Handled Longde and Liang Xin case and lightened offenses
  Judicial · Judge · With Liang Xin (梁忻) · At Kaifeng 開封
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 247
• Refused to slander
  Political · Refuser · With Feng Xizai (馮熙載)
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 216
• Resisted enemy demands and met disaster
  AD 1126 to AD 1127 靖康之變 · Political · Resister
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 274

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment could not bear the capital people's suffering; resisted the strong enemy's insatiable demands and personally met disaster · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 274
• Assessment shallow qualifications but skilled at drafting documents · Mode named-person Speaker Wang Fu (王黼)
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 215
• Assessment those who heard of his death grieved · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 240
• outstanding talent in youth
  Talent
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 204

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 1