Overview
Cheng Yi was an official and Statesman.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 818 副使程异巡江、淮Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 52, passage 198
- AD 805 to AD 809 憲宗Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 236-237
- AD 817 to AD 819 蔡平以後至河東之授Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 173, passages 84, 115
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- clerical auditor 勾檢簿籍Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 237
- fiscal policy adviser 言財賦Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 84
- chief minister 宰相AD 817 to AD 819 蔡平以後至河東之授 · AppointedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 84
- salt-iron commissioner 鹽鐵使AppointedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 52, passage 200
- vice salt-iron commissioner 副使HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 52, passage 198
- EnteredExile · Reason attached himself to Wang ShuwenDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 236
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 236; New Book of Tang 173, passage 84
- At Jiang-Huai 江淮 · Relation Traveled toDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 52, passages 198-199
Events and relationships
- Framed Pei DuDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 115
- Increased assessment yieldsDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 237
- Recommended and employedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 236
- Replaced Wang Bo as salt iron commissionerAdministrative · SuccessorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 52, passage 200
- Toured Jiang Huai and recovered 1.85 million stringsAdministrative · AuditorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 52, passages 198-199
- Relation Partisan of · Person Wang Shuwen (王叔文)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 236
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment clerical talent clearer and more expert at auditing than Li Xun · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 236-237
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 84
References in the histories
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