Overview
Cheng Ying was a Retainer of Zhao.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 583 to BC 541 春秋之世Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 31, passage 230
- BC 597 晉景公之三年Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 45, passage 11
- BC 583 程嬰、公孫杵臼之義Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 45, passage 194
Key source chapters
Events and relationships
- Righteousness fulfilledDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 45, passage 194
- Relation Protector of · Person Zhao Wu (趙武)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 45, passage 11
- Relation Ally of · Person Gongsun Chujiu (公孫杵臼)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 45, passage 194
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment righteousness · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Sima Qian (司馬遷)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 45, passage 194
References in the histories
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