Chéng Tōng 程通 (1364–1402), zì Yànhēng 彥亨, hào (and studio name) Zhēnbái 貞白, native of Jìxī 績溪 (Huīzhōu, Ānhuī). Tribute-entered the Tàixué in Hóngwǔ 18 (1385); placed first in the Yìngtiān xiāngshì of Hóngwǔ 23 (1390) with a cè on enfeoffment policy that won imperial approval. Appointed Liáofǔ jìshàn 遼府紀善, then promoted zuǒ zhǎngshǐ 左長史 of the Liáo princely establishment. After the Yānwáng (Zhū Dì) revolt opened the Jìngnán civil war, Chéng submitted defensive grand-strategy memorials in support of the Jiànwén court. After the Yǒnglè usurpation (1402), denounced by Jǐnyīwèi dūdū Jì Gāng 紀綱, sent in chains to Nánjīng and executed together with his two sons. His more than 100 juǎn of writings were destroyed by the proscription; only a fragment was rescued by the Liáo prince and survives as KR4e0075 Zhēnbái yígǎo. Míng shǐ j. 143 (Lièzhuàn 31) places him among the Jiànwén martyrs alongside Fāng Xiàorú, Liàn Zǐníng, Huáng Guān, Zhōu Shìxiū, and Zhuó Jìng. CBDB id 34447 (1364–1402), confirmed by Míng shǐ.