Qin and Han · Hermit and Scholar

Feng Meng 逢萌

Páng Méng

Attested AD 9 - AD 25

Passages: 10
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Feng Meng was a Hermit and Scholar.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zikang	子康	Zǐkāng

Life and dates

Death

Natural lifespan
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 94, passage 66

Attested activity

AD 25 光武即位
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 94, passage 57
AD 9 王莽杀其子宇
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 94, passage 52

Family

Kinship Role household/family dependents · Count 2 · Unknown Count true
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 94, passage 54

Career and standing

village headman 亭长
Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 94, passage 49

Places and affiliations

At Duchang in Beihai 北海都昌
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 94, passage 48
At Liaodong 辽东 · Relation Sojourned in
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 94, passage 54
At Mount Lao in Langye 琅邪劳山 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 94, passage 57

Events and relationships

Relation Friend of · Person Li Ziyun (李子云)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 94, passage 67
Relation Friend of · Person Xu Fang (徐房)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 94, passage 67
Relation Friend of · Person Wang Jungong (王君公)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 94, passage 67

References in the histories

Search passages

History

10 passages

Book of Later Han, Chapter 94Volume 83: Biographies of Hermits · 10 passages

若薛方、逢萌，聘而不肯至； Xue Fang and Feng Meng were called but would not appear;

逢萌字子康，北海都昌人也。 Feng Meng, styled Zikang, was a native of Duchang in Beihai.

时尉行过亭，萌候迎拜谒，既而掷楯叹曰：“大丈夫安能为人役哉！” When the commandant passed his post, Feng greeted him, then hurled down his station shield and cried, "A grown man cannot be another man's hireling!"

时王莽杀其子宇，萌谓友人曰：“三纲绝矣！ When Wang Mang murdered his own son Yu, Feng told a friend, "The three cardinal ties are cut!

萌素明阴阳，知莽将败，有顷，乃首戴瓦盎，哭于市曰：“新乎新乎！” Feng read the omens: seeing Mang's fall, he soon walked the market with an earthen bowl on his head, wailing, "New! New!"

及光武即位，乃之琅邪劳山，养志修道，人皆化其德。 When Guangwu rose, Feng withdrew to Mount Lao in Langye, nursed his purpose, and won every neighbor by his virtue.

北海太守素闻其高，遣吏奉谒致礼，萌不答。 The Beihai prefect, hearing of his fame, sent a clerk with gifts; Feng never replied.

吏叩头曰：“子康大贤，天下共闻，所在之处，人敬如父，往必不获，只自毁辱。” The clerk kowtowed: "All the world honors Zikang as a father—send us and we fail, only earning shame."

行至劳山，人果相率以兵弩捍御。 At Mount Lao the villagers ringed Feng with bows to shield him.

初，萌与同郡徐房、平原李子云、王君公相友善，并晓阴阳，怀德秽行。 Feng had been close to Xu Fang, Li Ziyun, and Wang Jungong—fellow students of yin-yang who prized virtue over reputation.