Deng Cheng 鄧程
| Occupation | NOther | Faction | Wu |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appears | N | Biography in | |
| Existence | Fictional | Mentions |
Profile
Deng Cheng is a figure of Eastern Wu who appears in Chapter 113 of the Romance. When the General-in-Chief Sun Chen deposed Sun Liang, Lord of Wu, and made him Prince of Kuaiji, Sun Chen ordered the Gentleman of the Secretariat Li Chong to seize Sun Liang's imperial seal and its cord, and had Deng Cheng take charge of them. The Romance does not record his office or any other deeds. Romance, Ch. 113 §2 · 10
He appears in only one of the Romance's 120 chapters, Chapter 113, and no chapter has his name in its title. He appears neither in Chen Shou's main text nor in Pei Songzhi's commentary. Records of Wu 19 in Chen Shou's main text says only that Sun Chen sent the Gentleman of the Secretariat Li Chong to seize Sun Liang's imperial seal and ribbon. Romance, Ch. 113 §10Records, Wu 19 §89
In the Romance
In Chapter 113 of the Romance, Sun Chen, General-in-Chief of Eastern Wu, on hearing that Quan Duan, Tang Zi and others had surrendered to Wei, beheaded every member of their families, and Sun Liang, Lord of Wu, then only sixteen years old, inwardly disapproved of Sun Chen's excessive killing. Sun Liang wrote a secret edict and gave it to Quan Ji, Gentleman of the Yellow Gate and an imperial in-law, to have him guard the city gates together with General Liu Cheng, intending to kill Sun Chen himself; but when Quan Ji's father Quan Shang told his wife of the plan, she, being Sun Chen's sister, secretly sent someone to inform Sun Chen. Romance, Ch. 113 §2 · 5–7
That night Sun Chen called his four brothers, surrounded the palace and killed Quan Shang, Liu Cheng and others, and then summoned the civil and military officials and declared that the sovereign, sunk in wine and women and long ill, was foolish and disordered and must be deposed. When the Master of Writing Huan Yi denounced him loudly and said he would not obey the orders of a traitorous minister, Sun Chen drew his own sword and cut him down, then went inside, denounced Sun Liang as a lawless and benighted ruler, and said that out of regard for the late emperor he would depose him as Prince of Kuaiji. Romance, Ch. 113 §7–10
He then ordered the Gentleman of the Secretariat Li Chong to seize Sun Liang's imperial seal and its cord, and had Deng Cheng take charge of them. Sun Liang left weeping bitterly. Sun Chen sent men to Hulin to welcome Sun Xiu, Prince of Langya, and Sun Xiu, after declining repeatedly, at last accepted the imperial seal, ascended the throne as Son of Heaven and changed the era name to the 1st year of Yong'an. Romance, Ch. 113 §10 · 12–13
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Abilities
There is no record in the main text of Chen Shou’s Records, so only the Romance score is given.
- LEA35
- STR35
- INT38
- POL42
- CHA38
- VIR40
- ADP42
- SCH38
- DIP38
- DIS36
Evidence by ability
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as the official who took charge of the seal at the depositionCh. 113 §10
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as the official who took charge of the seal at the depositionCh. 113 §10
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as the official who took charge of the seal at the depositionCh. 113 §10
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as the official who took charge of the seal at the depositionCh. 113 §10
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as the official who took charge of the seal at the depositionCh. 113 §10
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as the official who took charge of the seal at the depositionCh. 113 §10
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as the official who took charge of the seal at the depositionCh. 113 §10
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as the official who took charge of the seal at the depositionCh. 113 §10
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as the official who took charge of the seal at the depositionCh. 113 §10
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as the official who took charge of the seal at the depositionCh. 113 §10
Romance Unverified No direct record; scored from their actions (evidence grade C)
3KDEX scoring — the Records use the main text of Chen Shou’s Records of the Three Kingdoms; the Romance uses the 120-chapter Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Click a source tag to open that passage in the reader.
Romance chapters (1)
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Allegiance history
- Wu · Romance · Romance ch. 113 「叱中书郎李崇夺其玺绶，令邓程收之」 · Q124662492