Meng Shencheng (孟審澄)

Overview

The translated histories identify Meng Shencheng as a general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 5 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Meng Shencheng	孟審澄	Meng Shencheng
Surname	Meng	孟	Meng
Personal name	Meng Shencheng	孟審澄	Meng Shencheng
Given	Shencheng	審澄	Shencheng
Given		審澄	Shencheng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · xinwudaishi:003:s0100
Sex: male
Explicit · xinwudaishi:023:s0106

Roles

General
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Death

Manner: assassination · Cause: killed together with Xie Yanzhang · Authority Person Id: He Gui (賀瑰) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 貞明四年 · Western Year: AD 918
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Manner: murdered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 貞明四年冬 · Western Year: AD 918
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Manner: killed-by-commander · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 贞明四年冬十二月庚子朔 · Western Year: AD 918
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 貞明四年 · Western Year: AD 918
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Source Date: Text: 貞明四年冬 · Western Year: AD 918
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Source Date: Text: 贞明四年冬十二月 · Western Year: AD 918
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Career and standing

Label: cavalry commander / 善將騎兵
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Places and affiliations

Polity: Later Liang / 梁 · Relation: served
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Learning and skills

Skill: cavalry command / 將騎兵 · Level: skilled
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Events and relationships

Kind: assassination · Role: victim · Action: killed · Other Person Id: He Gui (賀瑰) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 貞明四年 · Western Year: AD 918
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Relation: colleague-of · Person Id: Xie Yanzhang (謝彥章)
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Relation: subordinate-of · Person Id: He Gui (賀瑰)
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Relation: colleague-of · Person Id: Hou Wenyu (侯溫裕)
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References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 16Volume 16 Book of Later Liang 16: Biographies 6: Ge Congzhou, Xie Yanzhang, He Zhen, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou, Zhang Guibian · 2 passages

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會為行營馬步都虞候朱珪所誣，瑰遂與珪邦協謀，因享士伏甲以殺彥章及濮州刺史孟審澄、別將侯溫裕等於軍，以謀叛聞。 Zhu Gui slandered him; at a feast Gui ambushed and killed Yanzhang, Meng Shencheng, and Hou Wenyu as traitors.

審澄、溫裕亦善將騎軍，然所領不過三千騎； Shencheng and Wenyu led only three thousand horse;

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 3Volume 3 Later Liang Annals 3: Later Emperors · 1 passage

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冬十二月庚子朔，賀瓌殺其將謝彥章、孟審澄、侯溫裕。 On the gengzi new moon of the twelfth month in winter, He Gui put his generals Xie Yanzhang, Meng Shencheng, and Hou Wenyu to death.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 23Volume 23 Later Liang Biographies 3: Yang Shihou, Wang Jingren, He Gui, Wang Tan, Ma Sixun, Wang Qianyu, Xie Yanzhang · 2 passages

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是時，賀瑰善用步卒，而彥章與孟審澄、侯溫裕皆善將騎兵，審澄、溫裕所將不過三千，彥章多而益辦。 He Gui then was master of the infantry, while Yanzhang, Meng Shencheng, and Hou Wenyu led the horse. Shencheng and Wenyu each held fewer than three thousand riders; Yanzhang commanded more and ran them tighter.

瑰旦享士，使珪伏甲殺之，審澄、溫裕皆見害。 At dawn Gui feasted his officers and had Zhu Gui hide armed men to cut Yanzhang down; Shencheng and Wenyu were killed too.