Cheng Pu
An illustration depicting Cheng Pu
General of Sun Quan
Born	Unknown
Died	After 210
Names
Simplified Chinese	程普
Traditional Chinese	程普
Pinyin	Chéng Pǔ
Wade-Giles	Cheng Pu
Style name	Demou (德謀)

Cheng Pu (died after 210)^[1] was a military general serving under the warlord Sun family of Eastern Wu for three generations during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history.

Biography[link]

Early life[link]

Chen Shou's Records of Three Kingdoms described Cheng Pu as a good looking gentleman who was brilliant at speech. He was originally a local official at his hometown of Right Beiping. When Sun Jian was recruiting volunteers to fight the Yellow Turban rebels, Cheng Pu joined him, and participated in the subjugation of the cities of Wan and Deng. After the alliance against Dong Zhuo was formed, he continued following Sun Jian to fight Dong's forces, and was seriously injured at the battle of Yangren. However, Cheng Pu survived the wound as he received treatment after Sun Jian's ultimate victory at Yangren.

Service under Sun Jian and Sun Ce[link]

Through hard fought battles, Sun Jian reclaimed the Han Dynasty's capital, Luoyang, only to find out the once prosperous paradise had been burnt down to ashes. After driving out Lü Bu from the imperial graveyard outside Luoyang, Sun retrieved the imperial seal from one of the graves (or inside a dried well inside the palace). Distrusting Yuan Shao, the leader of the coalition who proposed replacing the emperor with one of the royal relatives, Sun did not give out the imperial seal when he was requested to do so. Thus, Yuan Shao allied himself with Liu Biao, while Yuan Shu formed alliance with Sun to resist. In 191, Yuan Shu urged Sun Jian to attack Liu Biao of Jing Province, and Sun Jian was killed by Liu Biao's ally Huang Zu at the Battle of Xiangyang. Cheng Pu, along with Sun Jian's other old acquaintances, were merged into Yuan Shu's forces. But one year later, he would follow Sun Jian's son, Sun Ce, to start a new journey on pacifying Jiangdong.

Cheng Pu's assistance on Sun Ce's conquests in Jiangdong was tremendous, as he was credited on taking four cities and five commanderies. He also aided in subduing local bandits around the newly acquired area. In one occasion, Sun Ce was surrounded by the bandits under the leadership of Zu Lang, Cheng Pu charged in with one of his horsemen and led Sun Ce out of the encirclement. Thus, he was trusted by his young lord, and was referred by other younger comrades as "Master Cheng".

Service under Sun Quan[link]

In 208, just after Sun Quan defeated Huang Zu at the Battle of Xiakou, he faced yet another bigger threat, Cao Cao, from the north. Even they were drastically disadvantaged, Cheng Pu along several military generals advocated the defense of Jiangdong. Therefore, he served as second in command to Zhou Yu at the Battle of Red Cliffs and defeated Cao Cao's navy on the river. He was appointed as the Governor of Jiangxia thereafter, and was charged with the task to reinforce Zhou Yu to take over Nan Commandery when the Battle of Jiangling became a prolonged war.

After Nan Commandery was gained, and southern Jing Province was given to Liu Bei on terms, Cheng Pu returned to his post. One day he decided to carry out the execution of several hundred betrayers by burning them to death, probably because of the smoke, Cheng got seriously ill right after the execution. After a hundred days or so, he died on his deathbed, and was succeeded by his son, Cheng Zi (程咨).

Appointments and titles held[link]

• Commandant of Wu Commandery (吳郡都尉)
• Commandant of Danyang (丹陽都尉)
• General of the Household Who Eliminates Bandits (蕩寇中郎將)
• Administrator of Lingling (零陵太守)
• Right Commander (右督)
• Major General (裨將軍)
• Administrator of Jiangxia (江夏太守)
• Administrator of Nan Commandery (南郡太守)
• General Who Eliminates Bandits (蕩寇將軍)

See also[link]

• List of people of the Three Kingdoms

References[link]

• Chen Shou (2002). Records of Three Kingdoms, Chapter 55, Biography of Cheng Pu. Yue Lu Shu She. ISBN 7-80665-198-5. 
• Luo Guanzhong (1986). Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Yue Lu Shu She. ISBN 7-80520-013-0. 
• Lo Kuan-chung; tr. C.H. Brewitt-Taylor (2002). Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 0-8048-3467-9. 

Wang Cheng (王成), born in 1963 in Huaining County Anqing Anhui,^[1] People's Republic of China, was a member of the Communist Party of China.

Career[link]

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Wang began as a university graduate. He then worked as a middle-ranking CPC official for a commercial department in Anqing.^[1] He has since been reported to enjoy a good quality of life with a successful career, a child at university and a wife who was working in a similar department.^[2]

Scandal[link]

Wang was known to set out to have sex with hundreds of women. His disgrace was unveiled after his wife found his diaries, which revealed his search for sex and the bribes he took to pay for them.^[2] His diary showed that since 2003 he had mapped out targets for this supplementary income to pay for his sexual activities. Three diaries showed he had sex with around 500 women, and fell short of his goal of 600 to 800 women.^[2] He noted down each encounter in detail and the amount of money paid to each person.^[2]

In 2003 his monthly salary was 1,600 yuan and he planned to supplement with 8,000 yuan a month in extracurricular funding, with a goal of amassing 100,000 yuan a year.^[2] A report quoted a prosecutor saying “He was busy eight hours a day seeking bribes and eight hours a day as a hooligan seeking sex.”^[2] Wang rented a house and videotaped himself having sex with these women with a hidden camera.^[3] At age 47 on March 21, 2010, he was arrested and confessed that he spent all the bribe money supporting the sex partners.^[3]

See also[link]

• Han Feng
• Gao Gang (100 mistresses)

References[link]

Pu Songling
Born	(1640-06-05)5 June 1640
Died	25 February 1715(1715-02-25) (aged 74)
Occupation	Writer
Language	Chinese
Nationality	Chinese
Notable work(s)	Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan

Pu Songling (simplified Chinese: 蒲松龄; traditional Chinese: 蒲松齡; pinyin: Pú Sōnglíng; Wade–Giles: P'u Sung-ling, June 5, 1640—February 25, 1715) was a Qing Dynasty Chinese writer, best known as the author of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.

Biography[link]

Pu was born into a poor landlord-merchant family from Zichuan (淄川, now Zibo, Shandong). At the age of nineteen, he received the gongsheng degree in the civil service examination, but it was not until he was seventy-one that he received the xiucai degree.

He spent most of his life working as a private tutor, and collecting the stories that were later published in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Some critics attribute the Vernacular Chinese novel Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan to him.

Translations of his work[link]

• Songling Pu (1880). Strange stories from a Chinese studio, Volume 2. VOL. II. PRINTED BY THOMAS DE LA RUE AND CO., BUNHILL ROW, LONDON: T. De la Rue & co.. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZjkYAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved March 21 2012.  LONDON : THOS, DE LA RUE & CO. 1120, BUNHILL ROW. Translated by Herbert Allen Giles, Original from the New York Public Library, Digitized Apr 3, 2008

References[link]

• Encyclopædia Britannica 2005 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD, - P'u Sung-ling
• Shi, Changyu, "Pu Songling". Encyclopedia of China, 1st ed.

Further reading[link]

• Chun-shu, Chang, and Shelley Hsueh-lun Chang (1998) Redefining History: Ghosts, Spirits, and Human Society in P'u Sung-ling's World, 1640-1715. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-10822-0
• Judith T. Zeitlin (1993). Historian of the Strange : Pu Songling and the Chinese Classical Tale. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, xii, 332p. ISBN 0-8047-2085-1.

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Olympic medal record
Women's table tennis
Competitor for  China
Silver	2000 Sidney	Doubles

Yang Ying (Chinese: 杨影) is a Chinese table tennis player, born 13 July 1977 in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. She achieved Gold at several World Table Tennis Championships in either doubles or team play. She played right-handed Chinese penhold style. Her main techniques used were forehand and backhand speed drives.

Career performance[link]

• 4th Table Tennis World Cup (1995) Women's Team Gold.
• 44th World Table Tennis Championship (1997) Women's Team Gold.
• 44th World Table Tennis Championship (1997) Women's Double Gold.^[1]
• 13th Asian Games (1998) Table Tennis Women's Team Gold.
• 45th World Table Tennis Championship (1999) Women's Double Gold.
• 27th Olympic Games (2000) Table Tennis Women's Double Silver.^[2]
• International Table Tennis Tournament (2001) Grand Finals Women's Double Gold.
• 46th World Table Tennis Championship (2001) Women's Team Gold.
• 46th World Table Tennis Championship (2001) Women's Double Silver.^[3]
• 46th World Table Tennis Championship (2001) Mixed Double Gold.

References[link]

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Han Dang
An impression of Han Dang by an unknown artist
General of Eastern Wu
Born	(Unknown) Lingzhi, Liaoxi Commandery (present-day Qian'an, Hebei)
Died	227
Names
Simplified Chinese	韩当
Traditional Chinese	韓當
Pinyin	Han Dang
Wade-Giles	Han Tang
Style name	Yigong (義公)

Han Dang (died 227)^[1] was a military general of Eastern Wu during the late Han Dynasty and early Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history.

Biography[link]

Han Dang was born in Liaoxi Commandery. He became favored by Sun Jian for his fighting skills and served the Sun family for three generations. He became one of four pioneering generals of Wu and was trusted by Sun Jian, Sun Ce and Sun Quan. He commanded a wing of the Wu navy at times. At the Battle of Red Cliffs, he rescued Huang Gai, a fellow pioneering general, who had been shot by an enemy arrow, and was floating in the river. He helped control the Shanyue, the "uncivilized" people of southeastern China and enemies of Wu, in the Poyang region. He also served in the campaigns against Guan Yu, and in the Battle of Xiaoting. He died shortly afterwards.

Han Dang's son, Han Zong (韩综), was a commander at the garrison of Wuchang under Sun Quan. He, however, defected to Wei, after he believed he was about to be punished for his immorality and bad conduct. He took all the family's possessions, including his father's coffin. He was eventually killed at the Battle of Dongxing in 252. Zhuge Ke had Han Zong's head chopped off and presented to the temple of Sun Quan, who died eight months ago, since Sun deeply hated Han Zong for his bad behavior.

Appointments and titles held[link]

• Senior Major (別部司馬)
• Vanguard Colonel (先登校尉)
• Chief of Le'an (樂安長)
• General of the Household (中郎將)
• Lieutenant General (偏將軍)
• Administrator of Yongchang (永昌太守)
• General of Vehement Might (威烈將軍)
• Marquis of Du (都亭侯)
• Marquis of Shicheng (石城侯)
• General of Illustrious Martial Might (昭武將軍)
• Administrator of Guanjun (冠軍太守)
• Area Commander (都督)

See also[link]

• List of people of the Three Kingdoms

References[link]

• De Crespigny, Rafe; Generals of the South: Foundation and Early History of the Three Kingdoms State of Wu. 1990.
• Chen Shou. Records of Three Kingdoms, Chapter 55, Biography of Han Dang.

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