Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Named Individual Excluded from Amnesty

Mei Chong'er 梅蟲兒

First attested AD 499; died AD 501

Passages: 6
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Mei Chong'er was a Named Individual Excluded from Amnesty.

Life and dates

Death

AD 501 宣德太后令曰
Execution
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 242

Attested activity

AD 501 宣德太后令曰
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 242
AD 499 to AD 501 東昏之世
Directly stated · Book of Liang 16, passage 64
AD 501 永元三年正月乙巳
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 8, passage 18
AD 500 to AD 501 蟲兒用事
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 175, 178, 181

Key source chapters

Career and standing

outer supervisor 外監
AD 500 自是法珍、蟲兒用事 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 178
Baron of Jingling 竟陵縣男
AD 500 崔慧景平後 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 181
Baron of Jingling 竟陵縣男
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 181
Excepted
Excluded from amnesty
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 8, passage 18
put to death 伏誅
Executed · Suffered
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 242

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 175
Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 242

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 175

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 16Volume 16: Wang Liang; Zhang Ji; Wang Ying · 1 passage

璽書詰縝曰：「亮少乏才能，無聞時輩，昔經冒入羣英，相與豈薄，晚節諂事江祏，爲吏部，末協附梅蟲兒、茹法珍，遂執昏政。 An imperial letter reprimanded Zhen: "Liang in youth lacked talent and was unknown among his peers; formerly he rashly entered the ranks of worthies—we were not thin with one another; in his later years he flattered Jiang Shi; as director of personnel he finally joined Mei Chong'er and Ru Fazhen and held benighted government.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 7Volume 7 Annals 7: Marquess of Donghun · 4 passages

世檦亦知帝昏縱，密謂其黨茹法珍、梅蟲兒曰：「何世天子無要人，但阿儂貨主惡耳。」 Shibang knew too that the emperor was muddled and reckless; in secret he told his clique Ru Fazhen and Mei Chong'er, "What reign ever lacked men the throne must have? Only the Old Fellow is a rotten master."

自是法珍、蟲兒用事，竝為外監，口稱詔敕； After that Fazhen and Chong'er ran affairs, both as outer supervisors, issuing orders in the emperor's voice;

崔慧景平後，法珍封餘干縣男，蟲兒封竟陵縣男。 When Cui Huijing fell, Fazhen became baron of Yugan and Chong'er baron of Jingling.

茹法珍、梅蟲兒、王咺之等伏誅。 Ru Fazhen, Mei Chong'er, Wang Xuanzhi, and the rest were put to death.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 8Volume 8 Annals 8: Emperor He of Southern Qi · 1 passage

三年正月乙巳，王受命，大赦，唯梅蟲兒、茹法珍等不在赦例。 On yisi of the first month of year 3, the Prince accepted the mandate; a general amnesty was proclaimed, excluding only Mei Chong'er, Ru Fazhen, and the like.