Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Cheng Yuanchong 程元沖

Attested AD 505

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cheng Yuanchong was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 505 舉大事
Directly stated · Book of Liang 20, passage 145

Career and standing

chief clerk 長史
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 20, passages 145-146

Places and affiliations

At Mount Lu 廬山 · Relation Fled to
Directly stated · Book of Liang 20, passage 157

Events and relationships

Failed coup
Military · Attacker · With Chen Bozhi (陳伯之)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 20, passages 154, 157

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 20Volume 20: Liu Lijian; Chen Bozhi · 6 passages

緭說伯之曰：「今舉大事，宜引衆望，程元沖不與人同心； Wei urged him, "A great rising needs men the troops trust. Cheng Yuanchong is not with us;

臨川內史王觀，僧虔之孫，人身不惡，便可召爲長史，以代元沖。」 Linchuan interior administrator Wang Guan, Sengqian's grandson, is not ill-favored—summon him as chief clerk for Yuanchong."

程元沖旣失職，於家合率數百人，使伯之典籤呂孝通、戴元則爲內應。 Yuanchong, out of office, gathered hundreds at home and set Bozhi's recorders Lü Xiaotong and Dai Yuanze within.

元沖因其解弛，從北門入，徑至廳事前。 Yuanchong used the slack to enter the north gate and reach the hall.

伯之聞叫聲，自率出蕩，元沖力不能敵，走逃廬山。 Hearing the clamor, Bozhi rushed out himself; Yuanchong could not stand and fled to Mount Lu.

初，元沖起兵，要尋陽張孝季，孝季從之。 When Yuanchong first rose he called on Zhang Xiaoji of Xunyang; Xiaoji came.