Cheng Pu

Cheng Pu
程普
General Who Defeats Bandits (盪寇將軍)
In office
? (?)–? (?)
Administrator of Jiangxia (江夏太守)
In office
c. early 210s (c. early 210s) – ? (?)
Administrator of Nan Commandery
(南郡太守)
In office
210 (210) – c. early 210s (c. early 210s)
Personal details
BornUnknown[1]
Fengrun District, Tangshan, Hebei
DiedAfter 210[a]
ChildrenCheng Zi
OccupationGeneral, politician
Courtesy nameDemou (德謀)
Other names"Elder Cheng" (程公)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Cheng.

Cheng Pu (pronunciationⓘ) (died after 210),[2] courtesy name Demou, was a Chinese military general and politician serving under the warlord Sun Quan during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He previously served under Sun Quan's predecessors: Sun Jian (Sun Quan's father) and Sun Ce (Sun Quan's elder brother).[3]

  1. ^ While Cheng Pu's birth year was not recorded, a Jiang Biao Zhuan annotation in Zhou Yu's biography in Sanguozhi indicated that he was much older than Zhou. (《江表传》曰：普颇以年长...) Jiang Biao Zhuan annotation in Sanguozhi, vol. 54. Cheng's own biography in Sanguzhi also indicated that that he was the oldest among the front-line generals. (先出诸将，普最年长...) Sanguozhi, vol.55
  2. ^ a b (周瑜卒，代領南郡太守。權分荊州與劉備，普復還領江夏，遷盪寇將軍，卒。) Sanguozhi vol. 55.
  3. ^ de Crespigny (2007), p. 90.


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