Five Dynasties · Warlord

Meng Zhixiang 孟知祥

Mèng Zhīxiáng

Attested AD 933

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Overview

Meng Zhixiang was a warlord.

IdentityHistorical · Male
RolesWarlord

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References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 6Volume 6 Later Tang Annals 3: Mingzong · 2 passages
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十國外而不書，此書者，知祥本唐臣而反，至此改過自歸，絕之則嫌不許其自新，錄之則尚冀其遷善，然其來也，臣禮不備，故如夷狄書之。 The Ten Kingdoms are normally outside the record, but this is entered because Meng Zhixiang had once been a Tang minister, rebelled, and now corrected his fault by returning on his own. To exclude him would seem to deny him a chance to reform; to record him leaves hope that he might turn toward good. But since his submission lacked the full rites of a minister, he is recorded in the manner of foreign peoples.