Wang Meng (王盟) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wang Meng was a general and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Changed name	Tuoba Wang	拓跋王氏
Courtesy name	Ziwu	子仵	Ziwu
Posthumous name	Xiaoding	孝定	Xiaoding

Life and dates

Death

AD 545 大同十一年
Died
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 159, passage 43
AD 545 大統十一年
Died in office
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 33
died; Mao then sought to resign to mourn
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 295

Attested activity

AD 545 大同十一年
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 159, passages 3, 43; zizhitongjian:159:s0003a
AD 537 大統三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passages 17, 20-21
AD 543 大統九年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 27
AD 535 大統初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 16
AD 545 大統十一年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 33
AD 534 太祖將討侯莫陳悅
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 13

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AD 525 孝昌初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 8
AD 538 to AD 542 東魏侵汾川，圍玉壁
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 25
AD 528 to AD 530 永安中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 287
AD 530 to AD 531 爾朱天光入關
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 10
AD 535 to AD 551 盟薑 during Mao's Western Wei career
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 20, passage 295
AD 538 迎魏文帝悼后
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 18
AD 520 to AD 525 魏正光中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 6

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zhen (珍)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 4
Descendant of Bo (波)
sixth-generation ancestor 六世祖 · paternal line · 6 generations
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 3
Sibling of Wang Li (王勵)
brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 20, passages 285-286
Sibling of Empress Mingde (明德皇后)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 1
Sibling of Elder brother of Wang Meng (王盟兄)
elder brother 兄
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 59
Child of Pi (羆)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 5
Parent of Wang Li (王勵)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 34

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

Wang of Lelang 樂浪王氏
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passages 1-2

Career and standing

grand general of chariots and cavalry 車騎大將軍
AD 535 大統初 · Added
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 16
attendant-in-ordinary 侍中
Added
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 19
grand tutor 太傅
AD 543 大統九年 · Advanced
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 27
minister of works 司空
AD 537 大統三年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 17
rear-guard grand commander 留後大都督
AD 534 太祖將討侯莫陳悅 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 13
crossbow-shooting general 積射將軍
AD 525 孝昌初 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 8

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governor of Yuan Province 原州刺史
AD 534 悅平 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 14
general who campaigns west 征西將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 12
governor of Pingqin commandery 平秦郡守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 12
left-army grand commander 左軍大都督
AD 538 to AD 542 東魏侵汾川，圍玉壁 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 25
rear-guard grand commander acting governor of Yong 留後大都督行雍州事
AD 537 魏文帝東征 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 20
grand commandant 太尉
Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 19
minister over the masses 司徒
AD 537 大統三年 · Transferred
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 17
grand protector 太保
Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 26
Duke of Changle commandery 長樂郡公
AD 537 趙青雀之亂事平 · Advanced · Households 2000
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 22
Duke of Weichang county 魏昌縣公
AD 534 魏孝武至長安 · Enfeoffed · Households 1000
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 15
opening-office equal-to-three-division protocol 開府儀同三司
AD 543 大統九年 · Granted
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 27
equal-to-three-division protocol 儀同三司
AD 535 大統初 · Granted
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 16
former offices posthumously confirmed 贈本官
Posthumous
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 33
Duke of Weichang 魏昌縣公
AD 534 魏孝武至長安 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 15
Duke of Changle 長樂郡公
Held
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 22
Prince 王
Held
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 159, passage 43

Places and affiliations

Polity Eastern Wei 東魏 · Relation Opposed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 25
Polity Northern Wei 魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passages 6, 8
Polity Western Wei 西魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passages 16-17
At Lelang 樂浪 · Relation Ancestral place
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 2
AD 534 太祖將討侯莫陳悅
At Gaoping 高平 · Relation Garrisoned
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 13
AD 534 太祖將討侯莫陳悅
At Yuan Province 原州 · Relation Summoned to
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 13

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AD 525 to AD 526 拔陵破後
At Zhongshan 中山 · Relation Sojourned
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 7
At Pingqin 平秦 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 12
At Wuchuan 武川 · Relation Family settled
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 5

Events and relationships

Campaigned west under
AD 525 孝昌初 · Military · Subordinate · With Xiao Baoyin (蕭寶寅)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 8
Campaigned west
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 286
Captured
AD 530 to AD 531 隨賀拔岳為前鋒 · Military · Vanguard · With Wanqi Chounu (万俟醜奴) · At Qin and Long 秦隴
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 11
Directed Guanzhong armies
AD 537 魏文帝東征 · Military · Director of armies · At Guanzhong 關中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 20
Escorted crown prince
AD 537 趙青雀之亂 · Military · Protector · With Wei Crown Prince (魏太子) · At north of the Wei River 渭北
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 21
Escorted empress dowager back
Escort · Leader · With Empress Dowager Dao of Wei (魏悼后)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 289

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Fell ill
AD 543 to AD 545 及有疾 · Medical · Patient
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 31
Held
AD 538 to AD 542 東魏侵汾川，圍玉壁 · Military · Left army grand commander · At Puyuan 蒲阪
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 25
Hid among the people
AD 527 to AD 528 寶夤僭逆 · Political · Fugitive · With Xiao Baoyin (蕭寶寅)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 9
Joined
AD 530 to AD 531 爾朱天光入關 · Military · Follower · With Erzhu Tianguang (尒朱天光)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 10
Swept up by
AD 520 to AD 525 魏正光中 · Military · Captive or conscript · With Poliuhan Baling (破六韓拔陵) · At frontier garrisons 諸鎮
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 6
Welcomed
AD 538 迎魏文帝悼后 · Diplomatic · Escort · With Empress Dao (悼后) · At Rouran 茹茹
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 20, passage 18
Relation Subordinate of · Person Yuwen Tai (周文帝)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 13
Relation Subordinate of · Person Erzhu Tianguang (尒朱天光)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 10
Relation Subordinate of · Person Helü Yue (賀拔岳)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 11
Relation Colleague of · Person Li Hu (李虎)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 21

Assessments and attributes

Assessment broad refined bearing, benevolent and open-handed · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 28
Assessment held in the highest regard · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id Emperor Wen of Wei (魏文帝)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 30
Assessment humble despite tutor rank and ritual precedence above the consorts; never flaunted power · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 29

Source notes

拓（拔）王氏
Field granted-surname · Witness source interpolation 拔
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 23
Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passage 1
From Wang 王 · To Tuoba Wang 拓跋王氏 · granted surname; graph 拔 supplied as a textual variant between 拓 and 王氏
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 20, passages 22-24