Ancient China · Ruler

King Cheng

Cheng

Attested BC 1042 - BC 1006

Passages
1
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify King Cheng as a ruler. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

RolesRuler
Found inBook of Han

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal King Cheng Cheng
Title Cheng Cheng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Title only
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 成康 · Western Interval: Start: BC 1042 · End: BC 1006
    Explicit · hanshu:025:s0304

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: legal · Role: ruler · Action: set-aside-punishments · Label: punishments set aside in Cheng-Kang era / 成康刑錯
    Explicit · hanshu:025:s0304

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 25Volume 23: Treatise on Punishment and Law · 1 passage