Five Dynasties · Official

Meng Gui 瑰

Attested AD 932 - AD 933

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Meng Gui was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 932 to AD 933 長興
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 96

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Lady Meng (孟氏)
son 子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 96
Child of Li Kerning (克寧)
son 子
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 96

Career and standing

Palace Attendant 供奉官
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 96

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 64Volume 64: Hereditary House of Later Shu · 5 passages

莊宗已殺克寧，孟氏歸於知祥，其子瑰，留事唐為供奉官。 Zhuangzong had executed Kerning; Lady Meng returned to Zhixiang. Her son Gui remained at the Tang court as a palace attendant.

明宗即遣瑰歸省其母，因賜知祥詔書招慰之。 Mingzong sent Gui home to visit his mother and with him an edict summoning and reassuring Zhixiang.

季良等因請知祥稱王，以墨制行事，議未決而瑰至蜀。 Jiliang and the others urged Zhixiang to declare himself king and govern by informal imperial writ, but the matter was still undecided when Gui reached Shu.

知祥見瑰倨慢。 Zhixiang found Gui arrogant and disrespectful.

九月，瑰自蜀還，得知祥表，請除趙季良等為五鎮節度，其餘刺史已下，得自除授。 In the ninth month Gui returned from Shu with Zhixiang's memorial asking that Zhao Jiliang and the others be made military commissioners of the five armies and that all appointments from prefect downward be left to his own discretion.