Lord Mengchang 孟嘗君

Other names

Family

• Child of Tian Ying (田嬰)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passages 2, 21, 35
• Child of Mother of Tian Wen (田文母)
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passages 21-22

• Kinship Role descendants · Count 0 · Negated true
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 144
• Kinship Role brothers · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 24
• Kinship Role sons · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 143

Origins and identity

• Qi ruling Tian clan 齊族
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 71

Career and standing

• Chancellor of Qin 秦相
  BC 276 齊湣王二十五年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 70
• Chancellor of Qi 齊相
  BC 276 to BC 275 孟嘗君過趙至以為齊相 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 93
• chancellor of Wei 魏相
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 138
• Lord Mengchang 孟嘗君
  Posthumously named
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 142
• Lord Mengchang 孟嘗君
  Became
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 49
• Lord Mengchang 孟嘗君
  Held
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passages 119, 142

Places and affiliations

• BC 276 齊湣王二十五年
  Polity Qin 秦 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passages 70-71
• Polity Qi 齊 · Relation Of
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 1
• Polity Qi 齊 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passages 49, 93, 119, 136, 140
• Polity Wei 魏 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passages 137-138
• BC 276 齊湣王二十五年
  At Hangu Pass 函谷關 · Relation Passed through
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passages 82, 84-85
• At Wei 魏 · Relation Went to
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 137

Works and attributed material

• Letter · Author · With Wei Ran (魏冉) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passages 125-134
• Speech · Speaker · With Feng Huan (馮驩) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passages 146-147
• Speech · Speaker · With Tian Ying (田嬰) · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Lord Mengchang (孟嘗君)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passages 26, 28-29, 31-32
• Speech · Speaker · With Tian Ying (田嬰)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passages 35, 37, 39, 41-44

Events and relationships

• Compared rice portions after unequal meal accusation
  Personal · Host
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passages 55-58
• Entered Qin
  BC 276 齊湣王二十五年 · Diplomatic · Envoy
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 70
• Entrusted with government
  Government · Chancellor
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 93
• Fled to Wei
  Travel · Actor
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 137
• Fled under changed name and documents
  BC 276 齊湣王二十五年 · Escape · Fugitive
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passages 81-82
• Followed plan of
  Political · Actor · With Su Dai (蘇代)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 124

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment after the Qin escape, guests submitted having previously been ashamed of the dog-thief and cockcrow retainers · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passages 86-87
• Assessment displeased-at-Feng-Huan-demands · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 158
• Assessment treated guests without distinction so each felt personally close to him · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passages 60-61
• Assessment worthy but of the Qi ruling house, would put Qi first as Qin chancellor · Mode hearsay
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 71
• small and short in stature
  Physical description
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 89
• Item white fox-fur coat worth a thousand gold 狐白裘 · Relation Presented · With King Zhao of Qin (秦昭王)
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 76

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passages 1, 35
• retainers numbered several thousand and were treated equally regardless of rank
  Quantity several thousand 數千人
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 52
• changed name and surname to pass the frontier
  Temporary true
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 81
• 謚為孟嘗君
  To Lord Mengchang 孟嘗君
  Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 75, passage 142