Cheng Shichang, Zi Quanfu, Wei An. Henan Guangshan people,. Born on the ninth day of the first month of June in the twenty-fourth year of the Wanli calendar (1596), he ranked eighth in the township examination and 30th in the meeting examination in the seventh year of the Apocalypse (1627), and in the fourth year of Chongzhen (1631) Xin Weike Chen Yu Taibang Jinshi ranked 265th. (Twenty-five years of the Republic of China, "Guangshan County Chronicle Manuscript Shixian IV", "Chongzhen Xin Weijinshi Inscription")
He successively served as the chief of the Punishment Department, the yuanwailang, the prefect of Guangping Province, the prefect of Pingyang Province, the deputy envoy of The Inspection, and the imperial envoy of Youdu. (Twenty-five years of the Republic of China, "Guangshan County Chronicle Draft, Shixian Iv", "Jiangsu Provincial General History Draft, Volume 11, Records of Officials", Qing Wang Shijun, "Henan Tongzhi, Volume 45, Election II, Jinshi")
His wife's surname is unknown, but there are stepsisters wang and lin, both of whom are from Guangshan. "Zhongcheng is the world, four eyes are focused on a lonely family, and the day is embarrassing." The operation is like a poor housewife who does not do anything, and the bitter years end in seventy years. (Qing Chen Menglei, "Ancient and Modern Book Integration, Minglun Compilation, And The Festival Department of the Boudoir Festival")
After resigning from the government, he returned to his hometown and founded the school on his own. He died in the eighth year of the Yong calendar (1654) at the age of fifty-eight. (The Twenty-fifth Year of the Republic of China, "Guangshan County Chronicle Manuscript Shixian IV") left two volumes of "Cheng Shichang Shu Extract", one volume of "Straight Line", and one volume of "Grass". (Qing Huang Yuji, Bibliography of Qianqingtang, Vol. 30)
1. Official traces
Initially appointed to Huiningchi Taibing Road. (Qing Dynasty Guanxiu "Jiangnan Tongzhi Vol. 13 Zhi Guanzhi")
In the ninth year of Chongzhen (1637), he was appointed prefect of Guangping Province (belonging to Hebei Province). ("Guangping Fu Zhi · Official Positions") During his term of office, he repaired the prefectural office. (Qing Dynasty Official's "Kifu Tongzhi Vol. XXVII Office")
In June of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), Cheng Shichang was appointed as the Right Governor of Yushi, Inspector Ying Tian, and later Ying (Tian) An (Anhui) Inspector. (Qing Sanyu's "History of the Southern Ming Dynasty", Qing Gu Yanwu's "Saint An Benji") "Shunzhi Jiashen first year, Ming died. When King Fu established the state of Nandu, he was hired by Cheng Shichang, the Inspector of Heaven, to re-enter the curtain, and he used the tribute to summon the Wuying Hall. (Qing Anon. "The Complete Biography of the Four Kings of Wu Geng Shangkong")
In December of the first year of Shunzhi (1644), Cheng Shichang was appointed as the governor of Shangjiang (referring to Anhui), concurrently supervising grain affairs, supervising grain in Anlu, and also serving as the inspector of Anqing, moving to Chizhou, and serving as a servant of Chitai Bingbeidao. (Qing Li Tiangen's "Record of fire", Qing Gu Yanwu's "Appendix to Saint Ann Benji")
2. Cemetery
Cheng Shichang's cemetery is located in Nanxiang, Guangshan County (present-day Chengjing Village, Yangang, Huaidian Township). In November of the twenty-first year of the Qianlong Dynasty (1756), there was a tombstone, which is now in ruins.
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