Qin and Han · Eunuch and Palace Official

Sun Cheng 孙程

Attested AD 125

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Sun Cheng was an eunuch and Palace Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 125 延光四年
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 9

Career and standing

eunuch 宦者
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 93, passage 9
Palace Attendant of the Yellow Gate 中黄门
AD 125 延光四年 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 9
put to death the empress's elder brother, the General of Chariots and Cavalry Yan Xian, and his associates
AD 125 延光四年 · Executed · Object Person Id Yan Xian (阎显)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 9

Events and relationships

Raised troops in the palace offices
AD 125 延光四年 · Military · Leader · Outcome Executed Yan Xian and his party and enthroned the Prince of Jiyin as Son of Heaven · With Yan Xian (阎显)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 9

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 93Volume 82b: Biographies of Alchemists 2 · 1 passage

至延光四年，中黄门孙程扬兵殿省，诛皇后兄车骑将军阎显等，立济阴王为天子，果如所占。 In Yanguang 4 the Yellow Gate eunuch Sun Cheng mobilized forces in the palace, killed the empress's brother, the chariots-and-cavalry general Yan Xian, and his faction, and enthroned the prince of Jiyin—exactly as Tan had predicted.