Five Dynasties · Ruler

Meng Zhixiang 孟知祥

Attested AD 925 - AD 965

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Meng Zhixiang was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 925 to AD 934 入蜀至卒
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 172
AD 925 to AD 965 同光三年至乾德三年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 205

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 64Volume 64: Hereditary House of Later Shu · 3 passages

知祥嘗飯僧於府，昭遠執巾履從智諲以入，知祥見之，愛其惠黠。 When Zhixiang once entertained monks at his residence, Zhaoyuan followed Zhiyun in carrying towel and shoes. Zhixiang took a liking to his quick wit.

時昶方就學，即命昭遠給事左右，而見親狎。 Chang was then still at his studies, and Zhixiang put Zhaoyuan in his service, where he grew intimate with the prince.

〈（知祥興滅年數甚明，諸書皆同，蓋自同光三年乙酉入蜀，至皇朝乾德三年乙丑國滅，凡四十一年。 (The span of Zhixiang's rise and fall is perfectly clear, and all books agree: from his entry into Shu in the third year of Tongguang (yiyou) until the state's destruction in the third year of Qiande of the present dynasty (yichou) is forty-one years in all.