Cheng Bing

Cheng Bing
Traditional Chinese	程秉
Simplified Chinese	程秉
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Chéng Bǐng

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Cheng.

Cheng Bing, style name Deshu (德樞), was a Confucian scholar and official of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history.

Biography

Cheng was a native of Nandun, Runan. He was a student of the Confucian scholar Zheng Xuan. He left for Jiao Province in the far south when civil war broke out in northern China. During that time, he studied the Five Classics with Liu Xi (劉熙). He was later appointed Chief Clerk (長史) by Shi Xie, the Administrator of Jiaozhi.

When Sun Quan became emperor of Eastern Wu, he heard about Cheng and was eager to recruit Cheng to serve him. Cheng agreed and was appointed as the Crown Prince's Tutor (太子太傅), mentoring Sun Quan's oldest son Sun Deng. In 225, during the marriage between Sun Deng and Zhou Yu's daughter, Cheng served as Minister of Ceremonies (太常) in Wu Commandery. Sun Quan personally boarded Cheng's boat upon the arrival. Cheng taught Sun Deng to observe Confucian rules on propriety after the wedding. He died of illness during service.

List of works

Cheng wrote texts discussing the Five Classics. His works include:

• Selections from the Book of Changes (周易摘)
• Arguments on the Book of History (尚書駮)
• Guide to the Analects (論語弼).

Appointments and titles held

• Chief Clerk (長史) to Shi Xie, Administrator of Jiaozhi (交趾太守)
• Crown Prince's Tutor (太子太傅)

See also

• List of people of the Three Kingdoms

References

• Chen Shou. Records of Three Kingdoms, Chapter 53, Biography of Cheng Bing