Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Elder Brother of Cheng Gongji

Cheng Gongyuan 乘公願

Chéng Gōngyuàn

Attested AD 496

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cheng Gongyuan was an Elder Brother of Cheng Gongji.

Life and dates

Death

Died
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 84

Attested activity

AD 496 建武三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 84

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Cheng Gongji (乘公濟)
elder brother 兄
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 84
Parent of Cheng Xinzhi (乘欣之)
son 一子
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 84

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 36: Filial Piety · 1 passage

建武三年，吳興乘公濟妻姚氏生二男，而公濟及兄公願、乾伯竝卒，各有一子欣之、天保，姚養育之，賣田宅為娶婦，自與二男寄止隣家。 In the third year of Jianwu, Lady Yao of Wuxing, wife of Cheng Gongji, bore two sons. Gongji and his brothers Gongyuan and Ganbo all died, each leaving a son—Xinzhi and Tianbao. Yao raised them, sold land and house to marry them off, and lodged herself and the boys with neighbors.