Sui and Tang · Military Officer

Xiahou Cheng 夏侯澄

Attested AD 818 - AD 819

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xiahou Cheng was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 818 to AD 819 田弘正度河前後
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 213, passages 127-128

Career and standing

Pardoned
Pardoned and returned
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 127

Places and affiliations

Organization Weibo and Yicheng armies 魏博、義成軍 · Relation Returned to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 127

Events and relationships

Identified Shidao's head
Identification · Witness · With Li Shidao (李師道)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 128
Wailed to collapse on seeing Shidao's head
Mourning · Mourner
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 128
Relation Subordinate of · Person Li Shidao (李師道)
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 213, passage 127

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 213Volume 213 Biographies 138: Buffer Regions: the Black, Green, and Yellow Seas · 2 passages

田弘正之度河也，禽其將夏侯澄等四十七人，有詔悉赦之，給繒絮，還隸魏博、義成軍，父母在欲還者優遣，賊皆感慰相告，由是悟得行其謀。 When Tian Hongzheng crossed the river he captured forty-seven officers including Xiahou Cheng; the court pardoned them all, clothed them, and sent them back to Weibo and Yicheng—with generous leave for those whose parents wanted them home. The rebels were deeply moved, which is how Wu won them to his mutiny.

師道首傳弘正營，召澄驗之，澄舐目中塵，號絕良久。 Shidao's head reached Hongzheng's camp; Cheng was called to identify it, wiped the dust from his eyes, and keened until he collapsed.