Qin and Han · Hermit

Meng Guang 孟光

Mèng Guāng

Attested AD 25 - AD 88

Passages
6
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Meng Guang as a family member and hermit. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Meng Guang 孟光 Mèng Guāng
Courtesy name Deyao 德曜 Déyào
Descriptive kinship Meng family daughter 孟氏有女
Personal name Meng Guang 孟光 Mèng Guāng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Family Member
  • Hermit

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Father of Meng Guang
    Kinship Term: parents / 父母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
  • Child of Mother of Meng Guang
    Kinship Term: parents / 父母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: daughter
  • Spouse of Liang Hong (梁鸿)
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: active

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 94Volume 83: Biographies of Hermits · 6 passages