When Cheng was born in the Tang Dynasty, it was his birthday.

Cheng was born in the 9th year of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty (589) and died in the 2nd year of Tang Linde (665) on February 7th at the age of 73. At the end of Sui Dynasty, he joined the Wagang Army and voted for the king. Later, he turned to the Tang Dynasty and became a key member of the King of Qin. In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan (643), Emperor Taizong ordered the portraits of the founding heroes to be drawn in Lingyan Palace, and Cheng Zhijie was one of them. After Cheng Zhijie was a big family, his great-grandfather was Cheng Hang, a Sima from Yanzhou in Northern Qi Dynasty, his ancestor was Cheng Zhe, a Sima from Jinzhou in Northern Qi Dynasty, and his father was Cheng Lou, a big leader in Jeju in Northern Qi Dynasty. Tang gave him a gift to hold a festival in Yingzhou Military Affairs and Yingzhou Secretariat.