Overview
Zheng Chong was a Gaomi official and vice director of the Masters of Writing.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|
| Courtesy name |
Ziyou |
子游 |
Ziyou |
Life and dates
Death
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BC 7 哀帝擢為尚書僕射
BC 7 to AD 1 哀帝時
c. BC 3 封商為汝昌侯；鄭崇下獄
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Book of Han, Chapter 88Volume 77: Gai, Zhuge, Liu, Zheng, Sun, Wujiang and He · 19 passages
卷七十七 蓋諸葛劉鄭孫毋將何傳第四十七
Volume 77: Biographies of Gai, Zhuge, Liu, Zheng, Sun, Wujiang, and He—the forty-seventh series.
於是中朝左將軍辛慶忌、右將軍廉褒、光祿勳師丹、太中大夫谷永俱上書曰：「臣聞明王垂寬容之聽，崇諫爭之官，廣開忠直之路，不罪狂狷之言，然後百僚在位，竭忠盡謀，不懼後患，朝廷無諂諛之士，元首無失道之伥。
Thereupon Left General Xin Qingji, Right General Lian Bao, Chamberlain for Ceremonies Shi Dan, and Palace Grandee Gu Yong jointly submitted a memorial saying, "We have heard that an enlightened king extends a tolerant hearing, honors the offices of remonstrance and dispute, opens wide the path for loyal and upright men, and does not punish reckless or uncompromising words. Only then can the hundred officials in office exhaust their loyalty and offer all their plans without fearing later disaster; the court has no flatterers, and the sovereign has no guides who would lead him from the Way.
鄭崇字子游，本高密大族，世與王家相嫁娶。
Zheng Chong of Gaomi was tied by marriage to the Wang clan for generations.
崇少為郡文學史，至丞相大車屬。
He rose from literary clerk to the chancellor's carriage office.
喜為大司馬，薦崇，哀帝擢為尚書僕射。
Fu Xi's grand marshalship lifted Zheng Chong to vice president of the secretariat under Ai.
久之，上欲封祖母傅太后從弟商，崇諫曰：「孝成皇帝封親舅五侯，天為赤黃晝昏，日中有黑氣。
After some time, the emperor wished to enfeoff Shang, the cousin of his grandmother Empress Dowager Fu. Chong remonstrated, saying: "When Emperor Cheng enfeoffed his five maternal uncles as marquises, Heaven turned red-yellow and the daylight darkened; at noon, black vapor appeared in the sun.
崇因持詔書案起。
He snatched the edict scroll and stood up in open defiance.
崇又以董賢貴寵過度諫，由是重得罪。
He crossed the emperor again over Dong Xian's favor and paid for it.
尚書令趙昌佞諂，素害崇，知其見疏，因奏崇與宗族通，疑有奸，請治。
Zhao Chang struck when Zheng was out of favor, alleging clan conspiracy.
上責崇曰：「君門如市人，何以欲禁切主上？」
The emperor reproached Chong, saying, "Your gate is like a market of men—why do you wish to restrain the ruler?"
崇對曰：「臣門如市，臣心如水，願得考覆。」
Zheng answered, "The gate is busy; the heart is still as water—investigate me."
上怒，下崇獄，窮治，死獄中。
Ai jailed him until he died under interrogation.
頃之，鄭崇下獄，寶上書曰：「臣聞疏不圖親，外不慮內。
Before long, Zheng Chong was sent down to prison. Bao submitted a memorial saying, "I have heard that those who are distant do not plot against those who are close, and those outside do not scheme against those inside.
按尚書令昌奏僕射崇，下獄復治，榜掠將死，卒無一辭，道路稱冤。
He described Zheng Chong's silent endurance under the rod.
疑昌與崇內有纖介，浸潤相陷，自禁門內樞機近臣，蒙受冤譖，虧損國家，為謗不小。
He accused Zhao Chang of dripping malice against a palace officer.
書奏，天子不說，以寶名臣不忍誅，乃制詔丞相、大司空：「司隸寶奏故尚書僕射崇冤，請獄治尚書令昌。
When the memorial was submitted, the Son of Heaven was displeased. Because Bao was a noted minister, he could not bear to execute him, and therefore issued a formal edict to the chancellor and Grand Minister of Works: "Metropolitan Commandant Bao has memorialized that the former Vice Director of the Masters of Writing Chong was wronged, and asks that Master of Writing Zhao Chang be imprisoned and tried.
案崇近臣，罪惡暴著，而寶懷邪，附下罔上，以春月作詆欺，遂其奸心，蓋國之賊也。
The rescript called Sun Bao a state-thief for springtime slander.
史立時為中太僕，丁玄奏山太守，及尚書令趙昌譖鄭崇者為河內太守，皆免官，徙合浦。
Mang cashiered Shi Li, Ding Xuan, and Zhao Chang to Hepu.
諸葛、劉、鄭雖云狂瞽，有異志焉。
Zhuge, Liu, and Zheng were called reckless and blind, yet their aims stood apart.
Book of Later Han, Chapter 40Volume 35: Biographies of Zhang, Cao, Zheng · 1 passage