Overview
The translated histories identify Meng Fangli as an administrator, military officer, official, and warlord. This record brings together 28 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Meng Fangli | 孟方立 | Meng Fangli |
| Given | Fangli | 方立 | Fangli |
| Personal name | Fangli | 方立 | Fangli |
| Title | Lord Meng | 孟公 | |
| Surname | Meng | 孟 | Meng |
| Personal name | Meng Fangli | 孟方立 | Meng Fangli |
| Title | Military commissioner | 節度使 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:054:s0018, xintangshu:066:s0267
- Sex: maleExplicit · jiuwudaishi:062:s0001
Roles
- Administrator
- Military Officer
- Official
- Warlord
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: drank poison / 飲鴆 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 龍紀元年 · Western Year: AD 889Explicit · jiuwudaishi:062:s0015, jiuwudaishi:062:s0050
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 文德元年十月 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 888Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:050:s0028
- Source Date: Text: 882 二年 · Western Year: AD 882Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:066:s0266, xintangshu:066:s0267
- Source Date: Text: 中和二年 · Western Year: AD 882Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:062:s0004
- Source Date: Text: 中和元年 · Western Year: AD 881Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:062:s0025
- Source Date: Text: 光啟二年 · Western Year: AD 886Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:062:s0044
- Source Date: Text: 大順中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 890 · End: AD 891Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:054:s0018
- Source Date: Text: 大順元年 · Western Year: AD 890Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:062:s0020
- Source Date: Text: 戰銅鞮 · Western Year: AD 882Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:050:s0021
- Source Date: Text: 龍紀元年 · Western Year: AD 889Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:062:s0049, jiuwudaishi:062:s0012
Family
- Kin of Meng Qian (孟遷)Kinship Term: Meng Qian related to Meng Fangli / 遷
Kinship Term: younger cousin / 從弟 · Line: paternal · Subject Relative Age: younger
Kinship Term: cousin / 從弟 · Subject Role: elder-cousin · Object Role: younger-cousin · Line: paternal
Career and standing
- Label: Military commissioner / 節度使Explicit · xintangshu:066:s0267
- Label: acting military governor (liuhou) / 留後 · Action: claimedExplicit · jiuwudaishi:062:s0007, jiuwudaishi:062:s0027
- Label: Military commissioner / 節度使 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 882 二年 · Western Year: AD 882Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:066:s0266, xintangshu:066:s0267
- Label: garrison commander of Tianjing Pass in Zezhou / 澤州天井關戍將 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中和二年 · Western Year: AD 882Explicit · jiuwudaishi:062:s0004
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Zhaoyi / 昭義 · Relation: controlledExplicit · jiuwudaishi:062:s0027, jiuwudaishi:062:s0040
- Place: Qianzhou / 汧州 · Relation: native-of · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Work: Zizhi Tongjian / 通鑒Textual variant · jiuwudaishi:062:s0003
- Place: Xingzhou / 邢州 · Relation: native-of · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Work: Ouyang Xiu's history / 歐陽史Textual variant · jiuwudaishi:062:s0003, jiuwudaishi:062:s0023
- Place: Luzhou / 潞州 · Relation: administered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 882 二年 · Western Year: AD 882Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:066:s0266, xintangshu:066:s0267
- Place: Xing Prefecture / 邢州 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 882 二年 · Western Year: AD 882Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:066:s0266, xintangshu:066:s0267
- Organization: Zhaoyi Army / 昭義軍 · Relation: commander-of · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 882 二年 · Western Year: AD 882Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:066:s0266, xintangshu:066:s0267
Events and relationships
- Kind: administrative · Role: commander · Action: concurrently-held · Place: Luzhou / 潞州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 882 二年 · Western Year: AD 882Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:066:s0266, xintangshu:066:s0267
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-at-Liuli-Dam · Place: Liuli Dam / 琉璃陂 · Other Person Id: Li Cunxiao (李存孝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 龍紀元年 · Western Year: AD 889Explicit · jiuwudaishi:062:s0012, jiuwudaishi:062:s0049
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: fought · Other Person Id: Li Kexiu (李克修) · Place: Tongdi / 銅鞮Explicit · jiuwudaishi:050:s0021
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: seized-Luzhou · Place: Luzhou / 潞州Explicit · jiuwudaishi:062:s0007
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: transferred-army · Place: Xing Prefecture / 邢州 · Organization: Zhaoyi Army / 昭義軍 · Outcome: thereafter the five prefectures were served by two Zhaoyi circuits · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 882 二年 · Western Year: AD 882Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:066:s0266, xintangshu:066:s0267
- Relation: allied-with · Person Id: Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠)Explicit · jiuwudaishi:062:s0043
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: harsh and impatient; favor did not reach subordinates · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · jiuwudaishi:062:s0014, jiuwudaishi:062:s0050
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · jiuwudaishi:054:s0018
References in the histories
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