Geng was born in Xubeizhuang (now Dongxinzhuang, Wuji County). Qianlong fifty-nine years (1794), martial arts. In the eighth year of Jiaqing, the capital of Nangan Town in Jiangxi Province was added. In the sixth year of Daoguang (1826), he was awarded the general commander of Chaozhou, Guangdong.