Meng Chenghui (孟承誨)

Overview

Meng Chenghui was an official and Courtier.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

Captured and killed by order after betrayal · Authority Shi Chonggui (石重貴) · Agent Person Id Zhang Yanze (張彥澤)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 216
Murdered · At Kaifeng 開封
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 85, passage 70

Attested activity

AD 947 契丹入汴
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 215
AD 943 辛丑，引進使、太府卿孟承誨使於契丹。
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 9, passage 47
AD 946 開運三年十二月甲戌
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 85, passage 70
AD 936 to AD 942 高祖有天下
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 212

Family

Kinship Role wife-and-daughters · Quantity wife and daughters · assigned to tribal peoples
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 216

Key source chapters

Career and standing

posthumous Grand Guardian 贈太保
AD 947 漢高祖即位 · Granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 217

Places and affiliations

At Daming 大名
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 209

Events and relationships

Embassy
Diplomatic · Envoy
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 9, passage 47

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 85Volume 85 Book of Later Jin 11: Emperor Shao 4 · 1 passage

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是夜，開封尹桑維翰、宣徽使孟承誨皆遇害。 That night Sang Weihan, prefect of Kaifeng, and Meng Chenghui, commissioner of the Palace Secretariat, were murdered.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 96Volume 96 Book of Later Jin 22: Biographies 11: Kong Chongbi, Chen Baoji, Wang Yu, Zhang Jizuo, Zhen Ruan, Hu Rao, Liu Suiqing, Fang Gao, Meng Chenghui, Liu Jixun, Zheng Shouyi, Cheng Xun, Li Yu, Zheng Xuansu, Ma Zhongji, Chen Xuan · 5 passages

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孟承誨，大名人也。 Meng Chenghui was a native of Daming.

高祖有天下，擢為閣門副使，累遷宣徽使，官至檢校司空、太府卿、右武衛大將軍。 After Gaozu possessed the realm, Chenghui was promoted to deputy gate commissioner, rose through posts to palace secretariat commissioner, and reached the offices of honorary minister of works, grand minister of the court treasury, and grand general of the Right Martial Guards.

及少帝嗣位，以植性纖巧，善於希旨，復與權臣宦官密相表裏，凡朝廷恩澤美使，必承誨為之，一歲之中，數四不已。 When the young emperor succeeded, because of his subtle, crafty nature and skill at reading intentions, he again worked in secret concert with powerful officials and eunuchs; every grace mission or favor-bearing embassy from the court went through Chenghui, several times within a single year without cease.

及契丹入汴，張彥澤引兵逼宮城，少帝召承誨計之，承誨匿身不赴。 When the Khitans entered Bian, Zhang Yanzhe led troops to press the palace walls. The young emperor summoned Chenghui to counsel him, but Chenghui hid himself and did not come.

少帝既出宮，寓於開封府舍，具以承誨背恩之事告彥澤，令捕而殺之，其妻女並配部族。 After the young emperor left the palace and lodged at the Kaifeng prefectural offices, he fully told Yanzhe of Chenghui's betrayal of favor and ordered him captured and killed; his wife and daughters were both assigned to tribal peoples.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 9Volume 9 Later Jin Annals 2: the Emperor That Fled · 1 passage

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辛丑，引進使、太府卿孟承誨使於契丹。 On xinchou Meng Chenghui, introducing commissioner and grand steward, went on embassy to the Khitan.