Ancient China · General and High Minister

Meng Ao 蒙驁

Méng Áo

Died BC 240

Passages
9
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Meng Ao as an aristocrat, general, and official. This record brings together 9 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Meng Ao 蒙驁 Méng Áo
Given Ao 驁 Ao
Personal name Meng Ao 蒙驁 Méng Áo
Personal Meng Ao 蒙驁 Meng Ao

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: died / 卒 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 始皇七年 · Western Year: BC 240
    Explicit · shiji:088:s0007

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 始皇七年 · Western Year: BC 240
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:088:s0007
  • Source Date: Text: 秦聞公子死，使蒙驁攻魏 · Western Year: BC 243
    Explicit · shiji:077:s0148
  • Source Date: Text: 秦莊襄王元年 · Western Year: BC 249
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:088:s0003
  • Source Date: Text: 魏安釐王三十年 · Western Year: BC 247
    Explicit · shiji:077:s0136, shiji:077:s0138

Family

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  • Ancestor of Meng Tian (蒙恬)
    Kinship Term: grandfather / 大父 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
  • Parent of Meng Wu (蒙武)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked-Wei-took-twenty-cities · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其歲…秦聞公子死 · Western Year: BC 243
    Explicit · shiji:077:s0148
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked · Target: Zhao / 趙 · Outcome: captured thirty-seven cities · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年 · Western Year: BC 248
    Explicit · shiji:088:s0004
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked · Target: Wei / 魏 · Outcome: captured twenty cities; established Dong Commandery · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 五年 · Western Year: BC 242
    Explicit · shiji:088:s0006
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked · Target: Han / 韓 · Outcome: captured thirteen cities · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 始皇三年 · Western Year: BC 244
    Explicit · shiji:088:s0005
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked · Target: Han / 韓 · Outcome: seized Chenggao and Yingyang; established Sanchuan · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 秦莊襄王元年 · Western Year: BC 249
    Explicit · shiji:088:s0003
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: fled-from-Xinling
    Explicit · shiji:077:s0138

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 77Biography of the Prince of Wei · 2 passages
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 88Biography of Meng Tian · 7 passages
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