Meng Kai (孟楷) | 24 Histories

Overview

Meng Kai was a rebel Military Officer.

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Attested activity

AD 880 廣明初
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 20, passages 3, 5

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 20Volume 20 Book of Later Liang 20: Biographies 10: Xie Tong, Si Maye, Liu Han, Wang Jinrao, Gao Shao, Ma Sixun, Zhang Cunjin, Kou Yanqing · 2 passages

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其年秋，太祖與河中交戰，再不利，連上章請兵於巢，偽右軍都尉孟楷抑而不進。 That autumn, twice beaten fighting Hezhong, the Founder pleaded again and again to Chao for reinforcements, but the rebel Right Army commissioner Meng Kai blocked every dispatch.

今將軍勇冠三軍，力戰於外，而孟楷專務壅蔽，奏章不達，下為庸才所製，無獨斷之明，破亡之兆必矣。 You fight abroad with unmatched courage while Meng Kai chokes every letter to court; mediocrities below him run the show, and without firm command ruin is certain.