Overview
Meng Ye was an official and Administrator.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|
| Courtesy name |
Jingye |
敬業 |
Jingye |
Life and dates
Death
Attested activity
AD 550 天保初
AD 534 to AD 547 高祖書與韶
Assessments and attributes
short in stature
Physical description
References in the histories
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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 46Volume 46 Biographies 38: Good Officials · 14 passages
張華原 宋世良 弟世軌 郎基 孟業 崔伯謙 蘇瓊 房豹 路去病
Zhang Huayuan, Song Shiliang, his younger brother Shigui, Lang Ji, Meng Ye, Cui Boqian, Su Qiong, Fang Bao, and Lu Qubing
孟業，字敬業，鉅鹿安國人。
Meng Ye, style Jingye, was from Anguo in Julu.
魏彭城王韶拜定州，除典籖。
When Wei Prince of Pengcheng Shao took Ding province, Ye was made records-and-keeper.
長史劉仁之謂業曰：「我處其外，君居其內，同心戮力，庶有濟乎。」
Chief Administrator Liu Renzhi told Ye: "I stand outside, you within; with one heart we may succeed."
未幾仁之徵入為中書令，臨路啟韶云：「殿下左右可信任者唯有孟業，願專任之。
Soon Renzhi was summoned to the Secretariat; leaving, he told Shao: "Of those around you, only Meng Ye can be trusted—put sole trust in him.
又與業別，執手曰：「今我出都，君便失援，恐君在後，不自保全。
Parting from Ye he took his hand: "I leave the capital and you lose support; I fear you cannot preserve yourself afterward.
業唯有一馬，因瘦而死。
Ye had only one horse; it died from thinness.
韶以業家貧，令州府官人同食馬肉，欲令厚償，業固辭不敢。
Because Ye's family was poor, Shao ordered officials to eat the horse's flesh and meant to compensate him generously; Ye firmly declined.
對曰：「業以微細，伏事節下，旣不能裨益，寧可損敗清風。」
Ye answered: "I am minute and low, serving in attendance; since I cannot benefit you, how could I damage your clear reputation?"
仁之後為兗州，臨別謂吏部崔暹曰：「貴州人士，唯有孟業，宜銓舉之，他人不可信也。」
When Ren later became governor of Yanzhou, he took leave of Personnel Director Cui Xian and said, "Of the men in this province, only Meng Ye deserves selection and promotion; the rest are not to be trusted."
崔暹問業曰：「君往在定州，有何政績，使劉西兗如此欽歎？」
Cui Xian asked Ye, "When you were in Dingzhou, what achievements made Liu of Western Yanzhou admire you so?"
天保初，清河王岳拜司州牧，聞業名行，復召為法曹。
Early in the Tianbao era, Prince of Qinghe Yue became governor of Si Province; hearing Ye's reputation, he summoned him again as legal-affairs officer.
業形貌短小，及謁見，岳心鄙其眇小，笑而不言。
Ye was short in stature; at their audience Yue inwardly scorned his slight build and laughed without a word.
後尋業斷決之處，乃謂業曰：「卿斷決之明，可謂有過軀貌之用。」
Later, after examining Ye's rulings, he told him, "Your clarity in judgment exceeds what your stature would suggest."