Chengchong (承充) | 24 Histories

Overview

Chengchong was an official.

PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1217 興定元年
Directly stated · History of Jin 130, passage 167

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Pusunai (蒲速乃)
child 子
Directly stated · History of Jin 130, passage 173
Parent of Nühu (女胡)
child 子
Directly stated · History of Jin 130, passage 173
Parent of A Luzhen (阿魯真)
daughter 女
Directly stated · History of Jin 130, passage 165

Career and standing

grand marshal of the Upper Capital 上京元帥
Held
Directly stated · History of Jin 130, passage 167

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Quote true
Directly stated · History of Jin 130, passages 173-174

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 130Volume 130 Biographies 68: Exemplary Women: The Wife of A Lin; The Wife of Li Baoxin; The Wife of Han Qingmin; Lei Fu, née Shi; Kang Zhuzhu; The Wife of Li Wen; The Wife of Li Ying; The Wife of Xiang Qi; A Luzhen; The Wife of Sahe Nian; The Wife of Xu Gu; Feng Miaozhen; Lady Pucha; Lady Wugulun; The Wife of Su Lan; The Wife of Mang Ge; Lady Yin; Lady Bai; Nie Xiaonü; The Wife of Zhong De; Lady Li of Baofu; Zhang Fengnu · 4 passages

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阿魯真，宗室承充之女，胡裏改猛安夾谷胡山之妻。 A Luzhen was a daughter of the imperial clansman Chengchong and the wife of Jiagu Hushan of the Huligai meng'an.

興定元年，承充為上京元帥，上京行省太平執承充應蒲鮮萬奴。 In the first year of Xingding (1217), Chengchong was grand marshal of the Upper Capital; Taiping of the Upper Capital Branch Secretariat seized Chengchong to answer Pu Xian Wannu.

萬奴遣人招之，不從，乃射承充書入城，阿魯真得而碎之，曰：「此詐也。」 Wannu sent men to summon her, but she refused; he then shot a letter from Chengchong into the city. A Luzhen received it, tore it to pieces, and said, "This is a fraud."

承充已被執，乘間謂其二子女胡、蒲速乃曰：「吾起身宿衛，致位一品，死無恨矣。 Chengchong had already been taken prisoner; seizing an opportunity he told his two children, Nühu and Pusunai, "I rose from palace guard service to the first rank; I die without regret.