程方遂 / Cheng Fangsui (Western Han)

Overview

程方遂 / Cheng Fangsui enters the wiki through Hanji 396-2 as the diviner who impersonates 卫太子刘据 at 未央宫 and is executed after confession.

Current Profile

The source presents Cheng Fangsui as a small actor whose fraud becomes large because of the identity he borrows. He is not dangerous because he has troops or a faction; he is dangerous because resemblance, the unresolved emotional charge of the 巫蛊之祸, palace location, and crowd attention can briefly turn a private scheme into a public legitimacy crisis under 汉昭帝刘弗陵.

Key Characteristics

• Xiagui man living in Huxian, described by the episode as originally working as a diviner.
• Impostor who claims to be Liu Ju at Weiyang Palace’s north gate.
• Opportunist whose scheme begins after a former Liu Ju attendant says he resembles the dead crown prince.
• Fraud figure whose desire for wealth and rank turns resemblance into a capital crime.
• Executed by waist-cutting after confession.

Evidence

Imposture:

• Hanji 396-2 says a man arrives at Weiyang Palace’s north gate in a yellow-ox cart and claims to be Liu Ju.
• Hanji 396-2 says Jun Buyi orders the claimant arrested before the court has resolved the resemblance problem.

Identity and motive:

• Hanji 396-2 says the claimant confesses before torture that he is Cheng Fangsui, a Xiagui diviner living in Huxian.
• Hanji 396-2 says a former Liu Ju attendant had told Cheng that his appearance resembled the crown prince, after which Cheng attempted to impersonate him for wealth and rank.
• Hanji 396-2 says Cheng is sentenced for a grave crime and executed by waist-cutting.

Qualifications

This page is bounded to Hanji 396-2. It does not reconstruct Cheng Fangsui’s life before the case, the former attendant’s identity, the full legal charge, or the complete interrogation record.

What Changed

• Created the page to capture the impostor whose false claim triggers the Liu Ju return crisis.

Relationships

• 卫太子刘据 / Liu Ju, Crown Prince of Western Han - royal identity Cheng Fangsui falsely claims.
• 隽不疑 / Jun Buyi (Western Han) - official who orders Cheng’s arrest.
• 汉昭帝刘弗陵 / Emperor Zhao of Han - emperor whose court handles the crisis.
• Claimant-Impostor Crisis Handling / 宗室冒认危机处置 - concept illustrated by Cheng’s case.