Overview
Cheng Xun was a prince and Official.
PeriodFive Dynasties
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
- AD 951 周廣順元年春Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 88
Attested activity
- AD 950 乾祐三年冬十一月Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passages 86-87
- AD 951 周廣順元年春Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 88
- AD 947 國初Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 84
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Later Han Gaozu (漢高祖)father 父
youngest son 幼子Sources vary in certainty · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 83
Career and standing
- honorary Grand Marshal 檢校太尉AppointedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 85
- honorary Grand Preceptor 檢校太師AppointedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 85
- Kaifeng prefect 開封尹AppointedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 85
- Palace Attendant 侍中AppointedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 85
- Right Guard Grand General 右衛大將軍AppointedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 84
- vice grand councilor 同平章事AppointedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 85
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- Xingyuan prefect (distant command) 遙領興元尹AppointedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 85
- Prince of Chen 陳王Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 89
- SufferedIllDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 87
Places and affiliations
- Later Han 漢Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 84
Events and relationships
- Considered for successionPolitical · Proposed heirDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passages 86-87
- Relation Successor in office to · Person Hou Yi (侯益)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 105, passage 85
References in the histories
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