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Meng of Yue was an official.
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 83Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang · 3 passages
是以秦用戎人由余而霸中國，齊用越人蒙而彊威、宣。
This is why Qin employed You Yu, a man of the Rong, and achieved hegemony over the Central States; and Qi employed Meng, a man of Yue, and strengthened itself during the reigns of kings Wei and Xuan.
故意合則胡越為昆弟，由余、越人蒙是矣；
Thus, when minds are in accord, even the Hu and the Yue become brothers—as the cases of You Yu and Meng of Yue attest.
今夫天下布衣窮居之士，身在貧賤，雖蒙堯、舜之術，挾伊、管之辯，懷龍逢、比干之意，欲盡忠當世之君，而素無根柢之容，雖竭精思，欲開忠信，輔人主之治，則人主必有按劍相眄之跡，是使布衣不得為枯木朽株之資也。
Now consider the scholars of the realm who dwell in poverty and low estate. Though they may possess the arts of Yao and Shun, wield the eloquence of Yi Yin and Guan Zhong, and harbor the devotion of Long Pang and Bi Gan, wishing to devote their utmost loyalty to the ruler of their age—yet lacking anyone to introduce them or vouch for their worth—no matter how they exhaust their minds and seek to offer their faithfulness, the ruler will inevitably greet them with a hand on his sword and a suspicious glare. This is what prevents men of humble birth from gaining even the advantage of the gnarled log and the rotten stump.