Overview
The translated histories identify Cheng Zheng as an artisan, landowner, and merchant. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Cheng Zheng | 程鄭 | Chéng Zhèng |
| Surname | Cheng | 程 | Chéng |
| Personal name | Cheng Zheng | 程鄭 | Chéng Zhèng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · hanshu:066:s0012
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:103:s0086
Roles
- Artisan
- Landowner
- Merchant
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 程鄭，山東遷虜也 · Western Interval: Start: BC 220 · End: BC 180Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:103:s0086
- Source Date: Text: 程鄭亦數百人 · Western Interval: Start: BC 144 · End: BC 140Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:066:s0012
Career and standing
- Label: iron smelter and merchant / 冶鑄Explicit · hanshu:103:s0086
- Status: relocated-captive · Action: enteredExplicit · hanshu:103:s0086
- Status: wealthy magnate · Action: heldExplicit · hanshu:066:s0012
Places and affiliations
- Place: east of the mountains / 山東 · Relation: originated-fromExplicit · hanshu:103:s0086
- Place: Linqiang / 臨邛 · Relation: resided-inExplicit · hanshu:066:s0012
Assessments and attributes
- Item: several hundred retainers / 數百人 · Relation: possessedExplicit · hanshu:066:s0012
References in the histories
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