Sui and Tang · Warlord

Meng Fangli 孟方立

Attested AD 889

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Meng Fangli was a warlord.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 889 初，克用破孟方立於邢州…時存勖在側，方五歲
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 2

Events and relationships

Defeated at Xingzhou
AD 889 初，克用破孟方立於邢州…時存勖在側，方五歲 · Military · Defeated commander · With Li Keyong (克用) · At Xingzhou 邢州
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 2

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 2

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 5Volume 5 Later Tang Annals 2: Zhuangzong 2 · 1 passage

初，克用破孟方立於邢州，還軍上黨，置酒三垂崗，伶人奏《百年歌》，至於衰老之際，聲甚悲，坐上皆淒愴。 Long before, after Keyong routed Meng Fangli at Xingzhou, he marched back to Shangdang and feasted at Triple Mound Ridge. Players sang the “Song of a Hundred Years”; at the lines on growing old the music turned so bleak that every guest at the table wept.