Dong Cheng

Dong Cheng

Dong Cheng? He Jian people in Jizhou (today's Xian County, Hebei Province) are not known. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was the Minister of relatives, the nephew of Empress Dowager Dong, the mother of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and the father of the concubine of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

At the beginning, he joined the Xiliang army and became Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu. Liu Xie, who escorted Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, returned to Luoyang from Chang'an, worshipped him as a general, and was granted the title of marquis. In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), he paid homage to general Che Qi. Dong Cheng claimed to have received the imperial edict of emperor Xiandi of Han Dynasty and conspired to kill Cao Cao with Liu Bei, Zhongji, Wu Zilan, wangzifu and Wu Shuo. In the first month of five years, Dong Chengzhu and Dong Guiren were all killed.

Life of the characters

Protect the emperor and return to the East

In 195 ad (the second year of Xingping), the Liangzhou warlords who occupied Chang'an and held the power of the Eastern Han Dynasty were aroused by the contradiction between Li Xi and Guo Si. They raised their troops to attack each other for many months. After Zhang Ji's mediation, they stopped. At this time, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty sent an emissary to Li Xiang to return to Luoyang, the old capital of the Han Dynasty, and Li Xiang's permission was difficult to obtain. In July, Emperor Xiandi drove out of Chang'an. General Dong baianji, who was once a member of Niu Fu's trilogy, returned to the East with Guo Si, Yang Feng and Yang Ding. In October, Guo Si suddenly turned back and wanted to take Xiandi to Xian County. Dong Cheng, Yang Feng, and Yang Ding ignored him. Guo Si made his general Wu Xi burn the school house at night to coerce Xiandi. Yang Feng and Yang Ding led the army to defeat Guo Si. Guo Si was afraid of change and gave up his army to escape.

Emperor Xiandi drove into Huayin County of Hongnong county. Yang Ding framed Duan Lu, a general stationed here, for conspiracy and led troops to attack his camp, but he could not attack for a long time. At this time, Li Xi and Guo Si, under the pretext of rescuing Duan Xu, led the troops to come and wanted to rob Xiandi. Yang Ding was blocked by Guo Si's army and fled to Jingzhou. Zhang Ji, because of his disagreement with Dong Cheng and Yang Feng, led his troops to join Li Xi and Guo Si to catch up with Xiandi. In November, the two sides fought in Dongjian, Hongnong county. Dong Cheng and Yang Feng were defeated. Countless officials and soldiers died. All the women's belongings and all kinds of Royal utensils were discarded.

When Wang Shi failed, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty had to sleep in the fields of Caoyang. Yang Feng and Dong Cheng pretended to ask Li Ying and others for peace, and secretly sent envoys to Hedong county to recruit Baibo generals Li Le, Han Siam, Hu CAI and Youxian king of Southern Huns to qubei, and got thousands of cavalry. With this, they defeated Li Ying and others, decapitated thousands of ranks, and continued to drive eastward. Dong Cheng and Li Le protect the left and right sides of the car, while Yang Feng, Hu Cai, Han Xian and Qu Beiduan serve as guards.

In December, Li Ying and others led troops to catch up with each other again. The two sides fought again. Dong Cheng and others were defeated, and 100 officials were killed on a large scale again. From the beginning of Dongjian, the attack continued for 40 Li, and Xiandi's car arrived at Shanxian County with difficulty. After the disaster at that time, there were less than 100 guards in Huben's feather forest. The soldiers of Li Xi and Guo Si yelled around Xiandi's camp. All of them wanted to leave. Yang Feng and Dong Cheng were worried about the long night and many dreams. They escorted Xiandi across the Yellow River at night. Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi County, also joined the convoy when passing through Dayang County of Hedong county. When he went to Anyi County, Emperor Xian sent his servant Han Rong to Hongnong county to seek peace from Li Xi and Guo Si, and the situation eased.

Generals fight for power

In February 196 (the first year of Jian'an), the generals escorting Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty were in conflict and fought for power and profit. Han Siam led the attack on Dong Cheng. Dong Cheng returned to Zhang Yang, who asked him to repair the palace in Luoyang. In July, Xiandi finally drove into Luoyang. Yang Feng and Zhang Yang went out to guard Luoyang. Dong Chengze and Han Xian stayed in Beijing to guard the Imperial Palace and were promoted to general Wei.

After that, Han Siam was proud of his merits, did whatever he wanted, and disturbed the government. Therefore, Cao Cao paid tribute to the court and took the opportunity to report the sins of Han Xian and Zhang Yang. Han Siam was terrified and went to Yang Feng, who stationed troops in Liang county. However, Xiandi thought about the contribution of Han Siam's guards and did not investigate Han Siam's fault. He granted Dong Cheng and other ten people as marquis. In September, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty moved to Xu county under the protection of Cao Cao, and Dong Cheng went with all the officials.

Plot to kill

In 199 A.D. (the fourth year of Jian'an), Dong Cheng was promoted to the rank of general of motorcycles and was able to open his office. Since Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty established the capital of Xuchang, the imperial court was actually controlled by Cao Cao. Dong Cheng claimed that he had received the imperial edict hidden in his pocket by Emperor Xian, in order to unite Liu Bei to kill Cao Cao, but Liu Bei did not act. Dong Cheng wooed Prince Fu, the partial general, and said, "Guo Si once defeated tens of thousands of Li Yu with hundreds of troops, so it depends on whether you and I are united! Lu Buwei became rich after he had his son Chu. Now you and I can be like this. " Prince Fu quickly rebuffed: "I'm scared and I don't deserve it, and I'm not strong enough." Dong Cheng responded: "if you succeed in killing Cao Cao, you can get his strong troops. Isn't that enough?" Prince Fu asked, "is there anyone who works in the capital?" Dong Cheng replied, "Changshui Xiaowei Zhongji, Yilang wushuo are all my confidants." So the two sides decided on a plot.

Later, Cao Cao and Liu Bei calmly discussed the heroes in the world. Liu Bei was afraid that Cao Cao could not tolerate himself and joined the conspiracy group of Dong Cheng and others. But before he started the operation, Liu Bei received Cao Cao's order to lead the army to recruit Yuan Shu. On the ninth day of the first month of the year 200 (the fifth year of Jian'an), Dong Cheng and others conspired to kill Cao Cao. Cao Cao killed Dong Cheng, Zhong Ji, Wu Zilan, Wang Zifu and Dong Guiren, Dong Cheng's daughter.

The change of official rank

Official position: General Wei → general cavalry, Kaifu

Title: liehou

Character evaluation

The collection of Tongjian: Dong Chengzhi is not as good as Wang Yun, but if he wants to do something good, he has to kill himself alone, which is enough to endanger his master. The so-called "ambition can be reserved but wisdom can not be caught". However, it was Dong Cheng who got the right way. He was not the same as the one who got the right name.

Luo Guanzhong: the secret imperial edict passes on the belt of clothing, and heaven's word goes out of the forbidden door. I was rescued in those years, but I am more grateful today. Worry about the country and become ill at heart. Loyalty will last forever, and success or failure will be decided.

Wang Fuzhi: Dong Cheng is a person who is always in trouble and is willing to show off his intention without definite consideration.

Cai Dongfan: Li Xi and Guo Si are thieves; Zhang Ji and Yang Feng and Dong Cheng are thieves; even if Li le and Han Siam and Hu CAI are thieves, they are not thieves.

member of family

aunt

Empress Dowager Dong, the mother of Emperor Ling of Han Dynasty.

daughter

Dong Guiren, daughter of Dong Cheng, is a concubine of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty.

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Literary image

In the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Dong Cheng appeared in the 13th to 24th chapters and was depicted as a loyal minister to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. When Emperor Xian returned to Luoyang in the East, Guo Si wanted to rob him to Jue County, but Yang Feng, who was guarding Emperor Xian, was in a bad situation. In a critical time, Dong Cheng, a relative of his country, led his troops to rescue him and defeat Guo Si. Later, Li Xi and Guo Si joined forces to catch up with Xiandi. Dong Cheng and Yang Feng fought to the death and successfully defended Xiandi's return to Luoyang. After Cao Cao took Emperor Xian back to Xu county, he devoted himself to exercising power and good fortune. He wrote an imperial edict to Dong Cheng secretly, hoping that Dong Cheng would kill Cao Cao and help the Han Dynasty. Dong Cheng and Ma Teng, Wang Zifu, Zhong Ji, Wu Shuo, Wu Zilan and Liu Bei murdered Cao Cao. Later, with the help of Taiyi Ji Ping, he wanted to poison Cao Cao when he was treating his head wind disease. Unexpectedly, Qin Qingtong, a slave, was dissatisfied with Dong Cheng and told Cao Cao Cao of the plot. Cao Cao killed all of Dong Cheng's family.

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Chinese PinYin : Dong Cheng