Cheng Pu

Cheng Pu

Cheng Pu (?)? ~215), the word de Mou, right Beiping Tu Yin (now Fengrun east of Hebei, now Tangshan City Fengrun District Yinchengpu town) people. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was a famous general in Jiangdong and served as Sun Jian, sun CE and Sun Quan.

Cheng Pu once followed Sun Jian to fight against the Yellow turban uprising army, and then took part in the fight against Dong Zhuo, killing Huaxiong and breaking Lvbu. After Sun Jian died, he helped sun CE pacify Jiangdong. Sun CE was once defeated and besieged. Cheng Pu rescued sun CE from the encirclement. After sun CE's death, he, together with Zhang Zhao and others, helped Sun Quan and fought against the mountain bandits in Jiangdong. In the battle of Chibi and Zhou Yu were appointed as the left and right governors respectively. They defeated Cao Cao and then defeated Cao Ren in Nanjun.

Cheng Pu was the longest in the middle age among the generals in the eastern Wu Dynasty, and was honored as "Cheng Gong", ranking first among the "tiger ministers of the river".

(source: ye Xiong's biography of characters in the romance of the Three Kingdoms)

Life of the characters

Assist sun's family

In his early years, Cheng Pu was an official in a county. He had a good appearance and tact, and was good at answering questions. He followed Sun Jian to fight everywhere and attacked the Huangjin army in Wan county and Deng county. In Sun Jian's war against Dong Zhuo, Cheng Pu defeated Dong Zhuo in the battle of Yang people. Cheng Pu has made great achievements in the battle of city and field. He was injured in many places.

From the first year of Xingping to the second year of Xingping (194-195), after Sun Jian's death, Cheng Pu followed sun CE in Huainan, followed him to attack the Lujiang River, and after the city was broken, he returned to the army and crossed the Yangtze River together.

Pingtan Jiangdong

In the first year of Jian'an (196), sun CE led his troops to Hengjiang and dangli, defeated Zhang Ying and Yu MI, and turned to attack moling, Hushu, Jurong and qu'a. Cheng Pudu made great achievements. Sun CE added 2000 soldiers and 50 horses to him. Cheng Puli made the most contributions in the war.

Rescue sun CE

From the second year of Jian'an to the fourth year of Jian'an (197-199), sun CE entered Kuaiji and appointed Cheng Pu as the Duwei of Wujun county. His office was located in Qiantang. Later, he transferred to Dan Yang Duwei to defend Shicheng, and went to Xuancheng, Jingxian, Anwu, Lingyang, Chungu and other places to attack the bandits and defeat them all.

Sun CE once attacked zulang and was surrounded by zulang's army. Cheng Pu and a cavalry protect sun CE. He drives his horse to rush forward and stabs the enemy with a spear. Zulang's army separates on both sides, so sun CE can follow Cheng Pu out of the encirclement. Later, Cheng Pu was appointed general of Dangkou Zhonglang and also the commander-in-chief of Lingling. He went to Xunyang with sun CE to fight against Liu Xun. After Shaxian attacked huangzu, he still guarded Shicheng.

I've made a lot of contributions

In the fifth year of Jian'an (200 years), sun CE died and there were four rebellions. Cheng Pu and Zhang Zhao helped Sun Quan to move to the three prefectures to fight against all kinds of forces who did not return.

In the eighth year of Jian'an (203), Cheng Pu went to Jiangxia with Sun Quan. He returned to Yuzhang and led the army to fight against Le'an alone. He was soon pacified.

In the 13th year of Jian'an (208), Cheng Pu took the place of Tai Shici to garrison Haimin and served as the left and right governor with Zhou Yu. He defeated Cao Cao in Wulin.

In the 14th year of Jian'an (209), Zhou Yu attacked Nanjun and took away Cao Ren. Baibi general, Lingjiang xiataishou, Zhisha Xian, Shisi county.

In 210, the 15th year of Jian'an, Zhou Yu passed away and Cheng Pu led the Nanjun prefect. After Sun Quan divided Jingzhou and Liu Bei, Cheng Pufu also led Jiang Xia and moved to general Dangkou.

The mystery of the year of death

According to Cheng's genealogy and Ruichang local chronicles, Cheng Pu died in winter in 215, and was buried in Guilin. According to the biography of Bu Jia in Wu Shu of the Three Kingdoms, after Sun Quan moved the capital to build a business in 229 ad, sun Deng wrote to bu Jia, an important Minister of the eastern Wu Dynasty, asking for instruction when he left his son sun Deng to guard Wuchang. Bu Chu then listed 11 officials who held important positions in Jingzhou at that time, including Pan Jun and Cheng PU.

However, Pan Jun joined the eastern Wu Dynasty in 219 A.D., while Sun Quan became emperor in 229 A.D. Moreover, in 215 ad, Sun Quan appointed Jiang Qin as the general of Dangkou, so Cheng Pu was not Cheng Pu, the elder of the three dynasties, but the one with the same name. So it is speculated that the veteran Cheng Pu died in 215.

Anecdotes and allusions

Be drunk

Cheng Pu was the oldest general in the early days of sun's regime. At that time, people called him "Cheng Gong". Cheng Pu was willing to give and liked to make friends with scholar officials, but he was not at peace with Zhou Yu. According to Jiang Biao Zhuan, Cheng Pu insulted Zhou Yu several times because he was old. Zhou Yu compromised, and never quarreled with Cheng PU. Later, he said, "if you are drunk with Zhou Jin, the more you respect him."

Kill a traitor to death

According to the book of Wu, Cheng Pu killed hundreds of betrayers and threw their bodies into the fire. Cheng Pu was very ill today and died more than a hundred days later.

Character evaluation

Sun Quan: so generals Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu are not allowed to ask if they have guests.

LV Meng: in the past, Zhou Yu and Cheng PU were the governors of the left and right departments. They attacked Jiangling together. Although the matter was decided by Yu, Pu relied on his long-time generals and they were all governors, so they were not harmonious and almost defeated the state affairs.

Chen Shou: first of all, the generals were the eldest. At that time, everyone called Cheng Gong. He likes to give, but he likes scholar bureaucrats. ② All these generals are the tiger ministers of Jiang Biao, and the sun family is kind to them.

Lu Ji: Gan Ning, Ling Tong, Cheng Pu, He Qi, Zhu Huan, Zhu Ranzhi all worked hard.

Zhang Ruyu: Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Gan Ning, Xu Sheng, pan Zhang, Zhu ran, Zhu Huan, He Qi, Ling Tong, Quan Cong and Lu fan are all wise enough to defend the masses and brave enough to repel the enemy. There is no one who does not obey the orders.

Cheng Gongxu: Shu generals such as Guan, Zhang and Pang Tong, Wu generals such as Zhou Yu and Lu Su, have long ambitions and short lives, which are cherished by the whole world. Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Fei Yi, LV Meng, Cheng Pu, Bu Yi and Gan Ning are all extremely intelligent and brave, enough to be one of them.

Hao Jing: 1. Cheng Pu's generals were all Huchen of the river. They fought fiercely to defend the leader, attack the enemy, and prosper Wang Dinghu. Sun's brothers died and established the name of national construction, which was also the strength of the generals. ② Wu general plagiarized light, almost many treacherous. When Mo Ken was a servant, he called himself Emperor. Mo Chuang caresses the orphans, and they often shed tears. There is skill in driving, and there is a way in driving. If you protect the east of the river, you will live up to King Huan.

Tomb site

The tomb site of Chengpu is located on the river bed lawn 200 meters southeast of Lixin bridge, Guilin street. In the 45th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1617) and the fifth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1855), two steles were erected with the inscription "Tomb of Duke Cheng Pugong, vice governor of the Han Dynasty". As a result of disrepair, no stone remains, only the cemetery. On October 21, 1985, the people's Government of Ruichang County announced that it was a key cultural relic protection unit in the county and was preparing for reconstruction.

Artistic image

Literary image

In the novel the romance of the Three Kingdoms, he uses the iron ridged snake spear as his weapon, follows Sun Jian's general, and is Sun Jian's earliest subordinate when he is with zumao, Han Dang and Huang Gai. He was also the general who put forward a plan for Sun Jian. After Sun Jian found the jade seal, he suggested that Sun Jian go home. When Sun Jian opposed Yuan Shao, he confronted Huang Gai and Han Dang with Yan Liang and Wen Chou. Zhou Yu was the deputy governor of Soochow during his reign, and made a long-standing contribution to the sun family.

Film and television image

Chinese PinYin : Cheng Pu