商丘成 / Shangqiu Cheng (Western Han)

Overview

商丘成 / Shangqiu Cheng enters the wiki through Hanji 388-1 as one of the commanders in 汉武帝’s 90 BCE multi-route expedition against 匈奴.

Current Profile

The source gives Shangqiu Cheng a limited operational role. Wudi sends him with twenty thousand troops from Xihe while 李广利 leaves from Five Plains and 马通 leaves from Jiuquan. Shangqiu Cheng tries to take a shortcut in pursuit of Xiongnu but cannot find the enemy and withdraws.

His page exists mainly to anchor the expedition structure. In Hanji 388-1, the narrative contrast matters: Shangqiu Cheng’s route fizzles into no-contact withdrawal, while Li Guangli’s initially successful route becomes entangled with succession crisis, family arrests, and surrender.

Key Characteristics

• Western Han commander in the 90 BCE anti-Xiongnu expedition.
• Leads a Xihe route separate from Li Guangli and Ma Tong.
• Attempts a shortcut pursuit but fails to locate Xiongnu forces.
• Withdraws without becoming the main disaster branch.
• Functions as structural context for Li Guangli’s more politically charged failure.

Evidence

Campaign role:

• Hanji 388-1 says Han Wudi sends Shangqiu Cheng with twenty thousand troops from Xihe.

Route outcome:

• Hanji 388-1 says Shangqiu Cheng tries a shortcut to pursue Xiongnu, cannot find them, and withdraws.

Qualifications

This page is bounded to Hanji 388-1. It does not reconstruct Shangqiu Cheng’s broader career, rank, later political role, exact route, or primary-source campaign details.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 388-1 as a secondary commander in the multi-route expedition that frames Li Guangli’s failure.

Relationships

• Emperor Wu of Han / 汉武帝 - ruler who orders the multi-route expedition.
• 李广利 / Li Guangli (Western Han) - main commander whose route becomes the episode’s central disaster.
• 马通 / Ma Tong (Western Han) - parallel commander in the same expedition.
• 匈奴 / Xiongnu - opponent whom Shangqiu Cheng fails to locate on his route.
• War Cost Tempo Discipline / 战争成本与速决纪律 - adjacent frontier-war frame because route choice and no-contact withdrawal shape campaign outcomes.