Zheng Gong
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Biography & Historical Record
Zheng Gong (郑公, Trịnh Công) was a noble administrator and respected gentry elder of Cao Wei and Western Jin. He was a senior kinsman of Zheng Zhou (郑胄), belonging to the prominent Zheng clan of Xingyang. Renowned for his classical Confucian scholarship, fairness in legal rulings, and regional prestige, Zheng Gong held commandery governorships and court advisory posts.
During the transition period from the Three Kingdoms to the unified Western Jin dynasty, Zheng Gong helped stabilize provincial governance in the Central Plains, ensuring peaceful succession and civic order.
Role in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Chapter 118 (Pacification of the commanderies): When the armies completed their campaigns, virtuous governors were dispatched to calm the populace and restore agriculture. Zheng Gong governed with benevolence, winning the respect of commoners and nobility alike.
Zheng Gong — Historical & Literary Timeline
c. 210 AD
Birth into Xingyang Zheng Clan
Born into the prominent Zheng gentry lineage of Xingyang.
c. 245 AD
Provincial Administration in Wei
Appointed as local magistrate and governor, recognized for honesty and classical learning.
265 AD
Service Under Western Jin
Continues advisory service upon the founding of the Jin dynasty, fostering civic stability.
Key Relationships
Family
- Zheng Zhou (郑胄) — Kinsman; prominent administrator in Cao Wei.
Friends / Allies
- Central Plains Gentry Administrators — Colleagues dedicated to regional reconstruction.
Enemies / Rivals
- Local Lawless Elements — Warlord remnants pacified during his administrative tenures.
Other
- Sima Yan (司马炎) — Founding emperor of Western Jin who confirmed Zheng Gong’s titles.
In Novel
Chapter 118 (Rebuilding the provinces)
- Zheng Gong (郑公, Trịnh Công): Benevolent magistrates walked among the farming villages, encouraging tillage and rebuilding what war had broken across the Central Plains.
Chapter 120 (Pax Jin)
- Zheng Gong (郑公, Trịnh Công): In the halls of the prefectures, upright elders maintained order and justice as the three realms became one.
In History
Summary
- Zheng Gong (郑公) was an administrator of Cao Wei and Western Jin from the Xingyang Zheng clan, recognized for civil governance and classical virtue.
Year: c. 245 AD
- Served as a commandery administrator in northern China, noted for his fair adjudication of legal cases.
Historical Record
- Jin Shu, Vol. 45: References the Xingyang Zheng family members who provided bureaucratic continuity from Wei into Jin.
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