Zheng Zhongli (鄭仲禮)

Overview

The translated histories identify Zheng Zhongli as a family member, military officer, and rebel. This record brings together 6 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zheng Zhongli	鄭仲禮	Zheng Zhongli
Given		仲禮	Zhongli

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0024

Roles

Family Member
Military Officer
Rebel

Life and dates

Death

Manner: executed after plot was exposed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大同十一年 · Western Year: AD 545
Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0006, zizhitongjian:159:s0006a
Manner: executed / 死
Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0048

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 大同十一年 · Western Year: AD 545
Explicit event contextual date · zizhitongjian:159:s0003, zizhitongjian:159:s0003a, zizhitongjian:159:s0006
Source Date: Text: 鄭仲禮 · Western Interval: Start: AD 532 · End: AD 545
Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0024, beiqishu:048:s0044

Family

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Sibling of Elder Sister of Zheng Zhongli (鄭仲禮姊)
Kinship Term: elder sister / 姊 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: brother · Object Role: sister
Sibling of Dache (大車)
Kinship Term: elder sister / 姊 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder
Child of Yan (嚴)
Kinship Term: son / 庶子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

Label: commander in personal guard / 帳內都督 · Action: appointed
Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0045
Label: commander / 都督 · Action: held
Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0024
Label: Commissioner / 都督 · Action: held
Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0006
Status: execution · Action: put to death
Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0048

Places and affiliations

Place: Kaifeng in Xingyang / 滎陽開封
Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0044

Events and relationships

Kind: rebellion · Role: assassin · Action: hid knife to attack Gaozu
Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0026
Kind: rebellion plot · Role: conspirator · Action: plotted to kill Gao Huan and enthrone Erzhu Wenchang · Other Person Id: Gao Huan (高歡) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大同十一年 · Western Year: AD 545
Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0006

Assessments and attributes

Kind: character · Statement: reckless with physical strength
Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0045

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 48Volume 48 Biographies 40: Imperial Affines · 4 passages

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家富於財，招致賓客，既籍門地，窮極豪侈，與丞相司馬任胄、主簿李世林、都督鄭仲禮、房子遠等深相愛狎，外示杯酒之交，而潛謀逆亂。 Rich and hospitable, he leaned on his birth to live in extreme splendor. With Ren Zhou, Li Shilin, Zheng Zhongli, and Fang Ziyuan he feigned convivial friendship while secretly plotting revolt.

任胄令仲禮藏刀於袴中，因高祖臨觀，謀為竊發，事捷之後，共奉文暢為主。 Ren Zhou hid a blade in Zhongli’s trousers; when Gaozu came to watch, they meant to strike—and if they succeeded, to set Wenchang on the throne.

鄭仲禮，滎陽開封人，魏鴻臚嚴庶子也。 Zheng Zhongli was from Kaifeng in Xingyang, son of Yan, Wei’s director of ceremonial.

賴武明婁後為請，故仲禮死，不及其家。 Empress Wuming Lou pleaded for him, so only Zhongli died and his kin were spared.

Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 159Volume 159 Liang Records 15 · 2 passages

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東魏儀同爾朱文暢與丞相司馬任冑、都督鄭仲禮等，謀因正月望夜觀打簇戲作亂，殺丞相歡，奉文暢為主。 Eastern Wei's Erzhu Wenchang, Chancellor Gao Huan's marshal Ren Zhou, Commissioner Zheng Zhongli, and others plotted a Lantern-night rising during the fireworks show: kill Gao Huan and make Wenchang ruler.

其姊，敬宗之後，及仲禮姊大車，皆為歡妾，有寵，故其兄弟皆不坐。 His sister, Jingzong's empress, and Zhongli's elder sister Dache were all Gao Huan's favored concubines, so their brothers went unpunished.