Lü Mengqi (呂夢奇) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lü Mengqi was an official and Judge.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 其年秋
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 73, passage 27
AD 926 to AD 930 天成初
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 73, passage 37
AD 929 天成四年八月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 114
AD 929 天成四年秋七月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 85
AD 926 to AD 933 明宗
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 26, passages 184-187

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Career and standing

censorate official 御史中丞
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 26, passage 184
Crown Prince Right Praise Officer 太子右讚善大夫
Demoted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 85
Censor-in-chief 御史中丞
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 85
Vice Censor-in-chief 中丞
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 26, passage 184
alleged bribe-taking; inquiry said incomplete 受賂而劾獄不盡
Accused · Mode allegation
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 26, passage 186

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 26, passage 184

Works and attributed material

Judicial opinion · Speaker · With Mao Zhang (毛璋) · Mode quotation Speaker Lü Mengqi (呂夢奇)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 26, passage 184

Events and relationships

Alleged to have taken bribe and halted inquiry
Legal · Accused · With Mao Zhang (毛璋) · Mode allegation
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 26, passage 186
Argued for lenience
Legal · Judge · With Mao Zhang (毛璋)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 26, passages 184-185
Relation Borrowed horse from · Person Mao Zhang (毛璋)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 85

Assessments and attributes

Assessment took no bribe; only borrowed a horse · Mode self-report Speaker Mao Zhang (毛璋)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 26, passage 187
Item horse 馬 · Relation Borrowed · With Mao Zhang (毛璋)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 26, passage 187

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Book of Later Tang 16: Mingzong Annals 6 · 2 passages

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甲戌，御史中丞呂夢奇責授太子右讚善大夫，坐曾借毛璋馬故也。 On jiaxu Lü Mengqi was demoted to crown prince praise officer for borrowing Mao Zhang's horse.

御史台奏：「主簿朱穎是前中丞奏請，合隨聽罷任。」 The Censorate said: "Registrar Zhu Ying had been the former censor-in-chief's appointee and should leave when his patron did."

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 73Volume 73 Book of Later Tang 49: Biographies 25: Mao Zhang, Nie Yu, Wen Tao, Duan Ning, Kong Qian, Li Ye · 5 passages

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中丞呂夢奇以璋前蒙昭雪，今延祚以責賂之故，復加織羅，故稍佑璋。 Censor-in-chief Lü Mengqi felt that Zhang had already been cleared once and that Yanzuo was now pressing the case only because a promised bribe had not been paid. Believing the new accusations were contrived, he leaned somewhat in Zhang's favor.

及款狀上聞，或云夢奇受璋賂，所以獄不盡情，執之，移於軍巡。 When the written confession reached the throne, some said Lü Mengqi had taken a bribe from Zhang and had therefore not pursued the case fully. Mengqi was arrested himself, and the investigation was transferred to the military patrol office.

璋具狀曾許延祚賂未與，又云曾借馬與夢奇，別無行賂之事。 Zhang's full statement acknowledged that he had promised Yanzuo a bribe but never paid it, and that he had once lent a horse to Mengqi, but denied any other bribery.

天成初，除鄴都留守判官，與趙敬怡、呂夢奇不足。 Early in the Tiancheng era he was made aide to the Ye garrison commander and fell out with Zhao Jingyi and Lü Mengqi.

或達於重誨，會敬怡入為樞密使，與夢奇同構殺之。 Word of this reached An Chonghui. When Jingyi entered the capital as director of the Bureau of Military Affairs, he and Mengqi together plotted to have Nie killed.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 26Volume 26 Later Tang Biographies 6: Fu Xi, Wu Zhen, Kong Qian, Zhang Yanlang, Li Yan, Li Renju, Mao Zhang · 3 passages

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中丞呂夢奇議曰：「璋前經推劾，已蒙昭雪，而延祚以責賂之故，復加織羅。」 Vice censor Lu Mengqi ruled: “Zhang was tried once and cleared. Yanzuo, denied his bribe, has spun a new net.”

璋款上，有告者言夢奇受賂而劾獄不盡，乃移軍巡獄。 When Zhang’s confession was submitted upward, an informer said Mengqi had taken a bribe and stopped the inquiry short. The case went to the military patrol prison.

獄吏希旨，鍛煉其事，璋具伏：許賂延祚而未與，嘗以馬借夢奇而無受賂。 The jail clerks shaped the case to order. Zhang confessed everything: he had promised Yanzuo a bribe and never paid; he had lent Mengqi a horse, but taken no bribe.