Wang Cheng (王成) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Cheng as an administrator and official. This record brings together 6 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	Wang Cheng	王成	Wang Cheng
Given name	Cheng	成
Personal name	Wang Cheng	王成	Wang Cheng
Given		成	Cheng
Surname		王	Wang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260, hanshu:101:s0022

Roles

Administrator
Official

Life and dates

Death

Context: died in office before further promotion
Explicit · hanshu:101:s0042

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 孝宣 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 49
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:101:s0012, hanshu:101:s0022
Source Date: Text: 孝宣承統 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 48
Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260

Career and standing

Label: Chancellor of Jiaodong / 膠東相 · Action: held
Explicit · hanshu:101:s0038
Title: Marquis within the passes / 關內侯 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 地節三年 · Western Year: BC 67
Explicit · hanshu:101:s0039, hanshu:101:s0041

Places and affiliations

Label: Western Han / 漢 · Relation: served
Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260
Place: unknown commandery / 不知何郡 · Negated: false
Explicit · hanshu:101:s0037

Events and relationships

Kind: administrative · Role: governor · Action: settled-refugees · Quantity: over 80,000
Explicit · hanshu:101:s0040

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: governed the people (治民) · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260
Assessment: had achievements recounted in their age · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260

Source notes

Field: governance-merit · Statement: accused of inflating migrant counts for reward
Explicit · hanshu:101:s0043

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 68Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan · 1 passage

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孝宣承統，纂修洪業，亦講論六藝，招選茂異，而蕭望之、梁丘賀、夏侯勝、韋玄成、嚴彭祖，尹更始以儒術進，劉向，王褒以文章顯，將相則張安世、趙充國、魏相、丙吉、於定國、杜延年，治民則黃霸、王成、龔遂、鄭弘、召信臣、韓延壽、尹翁歸、趙廣漢、嚴延年、張敞之屬，皆有功跡見述於世。 Emperor Xuan inherited the succession and carried forward the great enterprise. He too expounded the Six Arts and recruited outstanding men. Xiao Wangzhi, Liangqiu He, Xiahou Sheng, Wei Xuancheng, Yan Pengzu, and Yin Gengshi advanced through Confucian learning; Liu Xiang and Wang Bao gained distinction for their writing; among the generals and chancellors were Zhang Anshi, Zhao Chongguo, Wei Xiang, Bing Ji, Yu Dingguo, and Du Yannian; and among those who governed the people were Huang Ba, Wang Cheng, Gong Sui, Zheng Hong, Shao Xinchen, Han Yanshou, Yin Wengui, Zhao Guanghan, Yan Yannian, Zhang Chang, and others. All left achievements celebrated in their age.

Book of Han, Chapter 101Volume 89: Upright Officials · 5 passages

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王成、黃霸、朱邑、龔遂、鄭弘、召信臣等，所居民富，所去見思，生有榮號，死見奉祀，此廩廩庶幾德讓君子之遺風矣。 Wang Cheng, Huang Ba, Zhu Yi, Gong Sui, Zheng Hong, Shao Xinchen, and their peers left districts wealthier than they found them and were mourned when they left. Honored in life and worshipped after death, they came closest to the old ideal of the gentleman who leads by deference and virtue.

王成，不知何郡人也。 Wang Cheng's native commandery is not recorded.

今膠東相成，勞來不怠，流民自佔八萬餘口，治有異等之效。 Our chancellor of Jiaodong, Cheng, has worked tirelessly to settle wanderers: over eighty thousand migrants have filed for residence under his care. His administration stands out among his peers.

其賜成爵關內侯，秩中二千石。」 We therefore ennoble Cheng as marquis within the passes at the salary rank of two thousand bushels."

後詔使丞相、御史問郡國上計長吏守丞以政令得失，或對言前膠東相成偽自增加，以蒙顯賞，是後俗吏多為虛名雲。 Later the emperor told the chancellor and chief clerk to quiz returning fiscal officers on what policies worked or failed. Some claimed the former Jiaodong chancellor Cheng had inflated his numbers to win honors. Thereafter petty officials chased hollow reputations—or so the story goes.