Xie Cheng
also called 伟平
Xie Cheng was a Wu official and Lady Xie’s younger brother, known for writing a hundred or more volumes of the Book of the Later Han.
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History · vol. 50Records of the Three Kingdoms
…〈《會稽典錄》曰：承字偉平，博學洽聞，嘗所知見，終身不忘。子崇揚威將軍，崇弟勗吳郡太守，竝知名。…
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吳主權謝夫人，會稽山陰人也。父煚，漢尚書郎、徐令。〈煚子承撰《後漢書》，稱煚幼以仁孝為行，明達有令才。煚弟貞，履蹈法度，篤學尚義，舉孝廉，建昌長，卒官。〉權母吳，為權聘以為妃，愛幸有寵。後權納姑孫徐氏，欲令謝下之，謝不肯，由是失志。早卒。後十餘年，弟承拜五官郎中，稍遷長沙東部都尉、武陵太守，撰《後漢書》百餘卷。〈《會稽典錄》曰：承字偉平，博學洽聞，嘗所知見，終身不忘。子崇揚威將軍，崇弟勗吳郡太守，竝知名。〉
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Xie Cheng was a figure of Eastern Wu and the younger brother of Lady Xie. He appears in juan 50 of the Records of the Three Kingdoms, but is not mentioned in the Romance.
Deeds
- Xie Cheng was appointed Gentleman of the Five Offices, then gradually promoted to Commandant of the Eastern Part of Changsha and Administrator of Wuling. He also wrote more than a hundred juan of the Book of the Later Han (according to historical records).
Relationship
- Younger brother of Lady Xie.
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History · vol. 50
- Lady Xie§10
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younger brother; later appointed Gentleman of the Five Officials, among other posts; wrote more than a hundred scrolls of the Book of the Later Han