Gu Cheng (顧成) | 24 Histories

Overview

Gu Cheng was a general and Aristocrat.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Jingshao	景韶	Jǐngsháo
Posthumous name	Wuyi	武毅	Wǔyì

Life and dates

Death

AD 1414 十二年五月
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 224

Age

85
AD 1414 十二年五月 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 224

Attested activity

AD 1396 二十九年
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passages 210-211
AD 1375 八年
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passages 198-199
AD 1408 六年三月
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 323
AD 1408 其年
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passages 216-223, 324-325
AD 1408 其年八月
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 326
AD 1384 十七年
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 206

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AD 1414 十二年五月
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passages 224-227
AD 1355 太祖渡江
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 144, passage 189
AD 1399 建文元年
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passages 315-318
AD 1371 從伐蜀
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 144, passage 195
AD 1356 從攻鎮江
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 144, passage 191
AD 1381 從潁川侯傅友德征雲南
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 144, passages 200-205
AD 1385 明年
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passages 207-208
AD 1397 明年
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passages 212-214
AD 1397 是年二月
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 215
AD 1403 永樂元年
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passages 321-322
AD 1373 洪武六年
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 197
AD 1402 燕王即位
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passages 319-320

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Father of Gu Cheng
father 父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 144, passage 187
Parent of Gu Tong (統)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passages 212, 227

Kinship Role sons · Count 8
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 226

Career and standing

personal guard bearing the canopy 帳前親兵
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 189
vice commissioner-in-chief of the Right Army 右軍都督僉事
AD 1396 二十九年 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 210
centurion 百戶
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 193
General for the Southern Campaign 征南將軍
AD 1396 二十九年 · Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 210
assistant to the crown prince overseeing the state 輔太子監國
AD 1408 六年三月 · Ordered
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 219
assistant commander of the Jiancheng Guard 堅城衛指揮僉事
Promoted
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 194

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commander 指揮使
Promoted
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 204
vice commander of Guizhou 貴州都指揮同知
Promoted
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 208
Left Regional Commander 左軍都督
AD 1399 建文元年 · Served
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 315
Rear Chengdu Guard 成都後衛
Transferred
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 144, passage 196
Marquis of Zhenyuan 鎮遠侯
AD 1402 燕王即位 · Stipend 1,500 shi · Hereditary true
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 319
living shrines 生祠
Erected by local people
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 218
posthumous title Wuyi 謚武毅
AD 1414 十二年五月 · Granted
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 225
Marquis of Zhenyuan 鎮遠侯
AD 1402 燕王即位 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 319
Duke of Xia 夏國公
AD 1414 十二年五月 · Posthumously enfeoffed
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 225
accusation of bribery and usurping jade vessels 受賕及僭用玉器
Accused · Outcome Not pursued because of long service
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 209

Places and affiliations

AD 1399 建文元年
Polity Yan 燕 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passages 316-317
Polity Ming 明 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passages 189, 197, 321
At Xiangtan 湘潭 · Relation Ancestral
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 186
AD 1375 八年
At Guizhou 貴州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 198
AD 1399 建文元年
At Beiping 北平 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passages 217, 317
AD 1381 從潁川侯傅友德征雲南
At Puding 普定 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 200

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AD 1402 燕王即位
At Guizhou 貴州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passages 218, 320
At Jiangdu 江都 · Relation Family settled at
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 187

Learning and skills

Skill books and histories 書史 · Level read widely
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 216
Skill cavalry lance 馬槊 · Level skilled
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 188

Works and attributed material

memorial on northwestern defense and early establishment of the eastern palace 請嚴備西北諸邊及早建東宮
AD 1403 永樂元年 · Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 321
Memorial · Author · Addressed to Prince of Yan (燕王)
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 321
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 207
Speech · Speaker · With Crown Prince (太子) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passages 220, 222-223
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 202

Events and relationships

Abolished Puding prefecture and redivided territory
AD 1385 明年 · Administrative · Memorialist
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 207
Asked to guard northwest and establish eastern palace early
AD 1403 永樂元年 · Administrative · Memorialist
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 321
Assisted heir and directed defense
Military · Defender · With Crown Prince (太子) · At Beiping 北平
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passages 317-318
Beheaded
AD 1396 二十九年 · Military · Executioner · With Juzong Bideng (居宗必登) · At Shuixi 水西
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 211
Came over in submission
AD 1355 太祖渡江 · Military · Submitter · With Taizu (太祖) · At Yangzi 江
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 189
Captured yuanshuai and accepted surrender
Military · Commander · At Luojiang 羅江
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 195

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Captured
AD 1373 洪武六年 · Military · Captor · With Wang Yuanbao (王元保) · At Chongqing 重慶
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 197
Declined to guide the crown prince and asked to return to the frontier
Court · Speaker · With Crown Prince (太子)
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 220
Distinguished in dozens of battles
Military · Officer
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 194
Entered city and was captured
AD 1356 從攻鎮江 · Military · Assailant · At Zhenjiang 鎮江
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 191
Escaped after breaking bonds
Military · Captive
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 192
First took Puding
AD 1381 從潁川侯傅友德征雲南 · Military · Vanguard · With Fu Youde (傅友德) · At Puding 普定
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 200
Fought at Zhending and was captured
AD 1399 建文元年 · Military · Officer · With Geng Bingwen (耿炳文) · At Zhending 真定
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 315
Killed several hundred and routed attackers
Military · Defender · At Puding 普定
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 201
Offered plans but refused to command troops or accept weapons
Political · Adviser · At Beiping 北平
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 217
Pacified Ahei Luosi and more than ten stockades
AD 1384 十七年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 206
Pacified Bozhou and Duyun rebels
Military · Commander · At Guizhou 貴州
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 218
Pacified hundreds of Miao stockades executing ringleaders
Military · Commander · At Guizhou 貴州
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 213
Pacified Tailuo Miao rebellion
AD 1408 其年八月 · Military · Commander · With Puliang (普亮)
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 326
Pacified tribes
AD 1375 八年 · Military · Commander · At Guizhou 貴州
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 199
Pressed borders with fifty thousand and captured them
Military · Commander · With Tian Chen (田琛)
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 324
Recalled to the capital
AD 1397 是年二月 · Administrative · Officer
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 215
Released a prisoner with a warning then routed south city by horns and cannon
Military · Commander · At south city 南城
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passages 202-203
Sent Lu Bing and son Tong by separate routes
AD 1397 明年 · Military · Commander · With Lu Bing (陸秉) · At Xibao and Canglang 西堡、滄浪
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 212
Shouldered aground boat
Military · Guard · With Taizu (太祖)
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 190
Summoned bestowed gold and silks sent back
AD 1408 六年三月 · Court · Honoree
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 323
Territory redivided and Guizhou provincial administration created
Administrative · Commander
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 325
Took the city
Military · Commander · At Zhenjiang 鎮江
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 193
Relation Subordinate to · Person Geng Bingwen (耿炳文)
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 315
Relation Campaigned alongside · Person He Fu (何福)
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 211
Relation Assisted · Person Crown Prince (太子)
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passages 219, 317
Relation Sent on campaign · Person Lu Bing (陸秉)
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 212
Relation Followed on campaign · Person Fu Youde (傅友德)
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 200

Assessments and attributes

Assessment crown prince benevolent and wise; court ministers capable · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Gu Cheng (顧成)
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 220
Assessment kindness and authority widely spread; tribes submitted · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 214
Assessment loyal and conscientious · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 216
tall and imposing, extraordinary strength; tattooed his body
Physical description
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 188
AD 1396 二十九年
Item seal of General for the Southern Campaign 征南將軍印 · Relation Worn
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 210
AD 1408 六年三月
Item gold and silks 金帛 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · History of Ming 144, passage 323