Mengxun (蒙遜) | 24 Histories

Overview

Mengxun was a warlord and Ruler.

AD 397 to AD 401 隆安五年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 129, passages 45, 84
AD 401 隆安五年
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 84

Kin of Yisheng (益生)
collateral paternal uncle 從叔 · Uncertain parentage · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 45
Sibling of Nancheng (男成)
elder brother 兄 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passages 51, 60
Kin of Funu (伏奴)
elder male cousin 從兄 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 85
Sibling of Nu (挐)
younger brother 弟
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 85

commissioner with full powers 使持節
AD 401 隆安五年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 84
governor of Liangzhou 涼州牧
AD 401 隆安五年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 84
grand commander 大都督
AD 401 隆安五年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 84
great general 大將軍
AD 401 隆安五年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 84
governor of Linchi 臨池太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 45
governor of Xi'an 西安太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passages 54-55

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governor of Zhangye 張掖太守
Replaced
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 47
governor of Xi'an 西安太守
Requested
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 54
Duke of Zhangye 張掖公
AD 401 隆安五年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 84

Polity Northern Liang 北涼 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 84

Speech · Speaker · With Duan Ye (段業) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 48
Speech · Speaker · With Nancheng (男成) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passages 50-51
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passages 65-67, 77

Abandoned plot
Political · Actor
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 53
Arranged joint sacrifice
Ritual · Planner · With Nancheng (男成) · At Mount Lanmen 蘭門山
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 56
Beheaded
Legal · Executioner · With Duan Ye (段業)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 80
Denounced
Political · Slanderer · With Ma Quan (馬權) · At before Duan Ye 於業
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 48
Entered city
Military · Commander · At Zhangye 張掖
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 76
Fortified
Military · Commander · At Houwu 侯塢
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 71

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Granted amnesty and changed era to Yong'an
AD 401 隆安五年 · Political · Ruler
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 84
Promoted able men
Political · Ruler
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 86
Proposed removing
Political · Plotter · With Duan Ye (段業)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passages 51, 53
Raised avenging host
Military · Commander · At Dichi 氐池
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passages 68-69
Requested transfer
Political · Petitioner · At Xi'an 西安
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 54
Secretly denounced
Political · Instigator · With Nancheng (男成)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passages 56-57
Relation Compared to as founder figure · Person Chen She (陳涉)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 67
Relation Compared to as founder figure · Person Wu Guang (吳廣)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 67

Assessment civil and military arms were pleased after he promoted worthy talent · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 86
Assessment nursed a great ambition and was feared as a possible overnight usurper · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Jin 129, passage 55