Overview
Cheng Gong was a scholar and Official.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Shaozi | 少子 | Shǎozǐ |
Life and dates
Death
- AD 76 建初元年Directly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 339
Age
- 8Reckoning Sui · Context herded pigsDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 244
Attested activity
- early Eastern Han youth and refuge yearsStrongly inferred · Book of Later Han 30, passages 244, 248
- AD 74 十七年Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 30, passages 332, 338
- AD 76 建初元年Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 30, passage 339
- AD 58 to AD 75 永平中Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 30, passages 332-333, 335
- AD 58 永平元年Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 37, passage 231
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Spouse of Wife of Cheng Gong (承宮妻)wife 妻Directly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passages 248, 340
- Kinship Role children · Quantity unspecifiedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 248
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- swineherd 牧豕Directly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 244
- teacher 教授Directly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 247
- Libationer among Palace Attendants 侍中祭酒AD 74 十七年 · AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 338
- Erudite 博士AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 333
- Left Leader of Court Gentlemen 左中郎將AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 333
- EnteredOrphanDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 244
Places and affiliations
- Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 332
- At Gumu in Langya 瑯邪姑幕Directly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 243
- At granted tomb site 冢地 · Relation Burial grantDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 339
- At Hanzhong 漢中 · Relation Refuge inDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 248
- At home village 鄉裏 · Relation Burial requested atDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 340
- At Mengyin Mountain 蒙陰山 · Relation Resided atDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 248
Learning and skills
- Subject Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋經 · Teacher Person Id Xu Zisheng (徐子盛)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passages 245-246
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Ming (顯宗) · Mode self-report Speaker Cheng Gong (承宮)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passages 335-336
Events and relationships
- Declined meeting Northern ChanyuDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passages 335-337
- Declined three bureausPolitical · Refused summonsDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 250
- Gathered firewood while studyingDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passages 245-246
- Summoned to gongjuPolitical · SummonedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 332
- Yielded ripening crop without disputePersonal · Yielded grainDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 249
- Relation Student of · Person Xu Zisheng (徐子盛)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 245
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment became famous for yielding the crop · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 249
- Assessment blunt sincerity; courtiers feared his integrity; fame reached the Xiongnu · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 334
- described his own appearance as uglyPhysical descriptionDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 336
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 243
References in the histories
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