Chen Cheng (Ming dynasty)
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Chen Cheng (1365–1457), Ming dynasty
diplomat
, style name Zi Lu (子鲁) pseudonym Zhu Shan (竹山).
province. In 1393, he obtained the title of Ju ren (举人), 1394 Gong shi (贡士), later at the Imperial court examination
, he obtained grade 3A, and granted the title of “同进士出身”.
In 1396 he was sent on a diplomatic mission to the western region of Chai Da Mu
to establish border defence. In 1397 he was sent by the Emperor as an envoy to Vietnam
. From 1406 to 1411 he served in the Wenyuange (文渊阁, The Imperial library in the Forbidden City) as editor of the Yongle Encyclopedia
.
In 1414, 1416, and 1420 Chen Cheng led Ming mission to the court of the Timurid
s at Samarkand
.
Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...
diplomat
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
, style name Zi Lu (子鲁) pseudonym Zhu Shan (竹山).
Biography
Born 1365 in Linchuan county of JiangxiJiangxi
' is a southern province in the People's Republic of China. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south, it shares a border with Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to...
province. In 1393, he obtained the title of Ju ren (举人), 1394 Gong shi (贡士), later at the Imperial court examination
Imperial examination
The Imperial examination was an examination system in Imperial China designed to select the best administrative officials for the state's bureaucracy. This system had a huge influence on both society and culture in Imperial China and was directly responsible for the creation of a class of...
, he obtained grade 3A, and granted the title of “同进士出身”.
In 1396 he was sent on a diplomatic mission to the western region of Chai Da Mu
Qaidam
Qaidam Basin, also spelled Tsaidam is an hyperarid basin that occupies a large part of the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, western China...
to establish border defence. In 1397 he was sent by the Emperor as an envoy to Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. From 1406 to 1411 he served in the Wenyuange (文渊阁, The Imperial library in the Forbidden City) as editor of the Yongle Encyclopedia
Yongle Encyclopedia
The Yongle Encyclopedia was a Chinese compilation of information commissioned by the Chinese Ming Dynasty emperor Yongle in 1403 and completed by 1408...
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In 1414, 1416, and 1420 Chen Cheng led Ming mission to the court of the Timurid
Timurid
Timurid may refer to:* Timur , also known as Tamerlane in English, a fourteenth-century conqueror of Western, South and Central Asia, founder of the Timurid Empire and Timurid dynasty in Central Asia...
s at Samarkand
Samarkand
Although a Persian-speaking region, it was not united politically with Iran most of the times between the disintegration of the Seleucid Empire and the Arab conquest . In the 6th century it was within the domain of the Turkic kingdom of the Göktürks.At the start of the 8th century Samarkand came...
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Works by Chen Cheng
- Travel in the Western Region
- Xi yu fan guo zhiXi yu fan guo zhi西域番国志 was a report submitted by Ming dynasty...
, "A Record of the Barbarian Countries in the Western Region."
See also
- Ghiyāth al-dīn NaqqāshGhiyāth al-dīn NaqqāshGhiyāth al-dīn Naqqāsh orGhiyasu'd-Din Naqqah was an envoy of the Timurid ruler of Persia and Transoxania, Mirza Shahrukh , to the court of the Yongle Emperor Ghiyāth al-dīn Naqqāsh orGhiyasu'd-Din Naqqah (fl. 1419-22; "Naqqah" in Timothy Brook's books is likely a typo for Naqqash) was an envoy of...
, the diarist of Shahrukh's embassy to the Yongle Emperor's court (1420–1422). - Ruy Gonzáles de ClavijoRuy Gonzáles de ClavijoRuy González de Clavijo was a Castilian traveller and writer. In 1403-05 Clavijo was the ambassador of Henry III of Castile to the court of Timur, founder and ruler of the Timurid Empire...
, another diplomat - from Spain - who visited Samarkand a few years before Chen Cheng.