Sui and Tang · Named Individual

Zheng Chu 鄭俶

Attested AD 770 - AD 795

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zheng Chu was a Named Individual.

Life and dates

Death

Suicide by hanging · Cause Shame at failed studies
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 161

Attested activity

AD 770 to AD 795 隱中條山
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 194, passages 139, 157

Places and affiliations

At Yang Cheng's neighborhood 里 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 157

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Yang Cheng (陽城) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 158

Events and relationships

Buried kin with gifted silk
Ritual · Mourner
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 157-158
Hanged himself from shame
Personal · Deceased
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 161
Relation Student of · Person Yang Cheng (陽城)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passages 159-160

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 194Volume 194 Biographies 119: Outstanding Conduct · 3 passages

會里人鄭俶欲葬親，貸於人無得，城知其然，舉縑與之。 When his neighbor Zheng Chu wished to bury his kin but could borrow from no one, Cheng, knowing this, gave him all the silk.

俶既葬，還曰：「蒙君子之施，願為奴以償德。」 After the burial Chu returned and said: "I have received the gentleman's kindness and wish to become your slave to repay it."

俶泣謝，即教以書，俶不能業，城更徙遠阜，使顓其習。 Chu wept and thanked him; Cheng taught him to write. When Chu could not master it, Cheng moved him to a remote hill and had him focus on his studies.