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Cheng Rui (成汭) (d. June 10, 903〔''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 264.〕〔(Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter ).〕), adoptive name Guo Yu (郭禹) (used until ~888), formally the Prince of Shanggu (上谷王), was a warlord late in the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty who ruled Jingnan Circuit (荊南, headquartered in modern Jingzhou, Hubei) from 888 to 903, when he was defeated in battle and committed suicide. He was known to be a capable administrator who had a reputation for treating his people well. == Background == It is not known when Cheng Rui was born, but it is known that he was from Qing Prefecture (青州, in modern Weifang, Shandong). In his youth, he had once killed another person when drunk, and thereafter fled from his home prefecture in order to avoid vengeance. He became a Buddhist monk for a while, but later joined as a soldier under Tang rebel general Qin Zongquan at Cai Prefecture (蔡州, in modern Zhumadian, Henan). He was adopted by one of Qin's generals and thereafter changed his name to Guo Yu.〔''New Book of Tang'', vol. 190.〕 At a later point, Guo Yu left Qin's army and became a bandit in Huomen Mountain (火門山, in modern Tianmen, Hubei). He eventually surrendered to Chen Ru the military governor of Jingnan Circuit and became an officer there.〔 In 885, Chen was overthrown by Zhang Gui, who took over the circuit and put Chen under arrest. Zhang was apprehensive of Guo's ferocity and wanted to kill him. When Guo realized this, he took some 1,000 men and fled from Jingnan's capital Jiangling. He attacked and captured Gui Prefecture (歸州, in modern Yichang, Hubei), claiming the title of prefect.〔''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 256.〕 In 887, Qin's general Zhao Deyin attacked and captured Jingnan Circuit, executing Zhang. He left his officer Wang Jianzhao at Jiangling to defend it. In summer 888, Guo attacked Jiangling and expelled Wang, who fled to Qian Prefecture (黔州, in modern Chongqing). Then-reigning Emperor Zhaozong commissioned Guo as acting military governor and later full military governor. At Guo's request, Emperor Zhaozong also allowed him to change his name back to Cheng Rui.〔''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 257.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cheng Rui」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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