Ancient China · General

Tang Mei 唐昧

Died BC 301

Passages
4
Chapters
4
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Tang Mei as a general and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Tang Mei 唐昧 Tang Mei
Personal name Tang Mei 唐眛 Tang Mei
Personal Tang Mei 唐眛 Tang Mei
Personal name Tang Mei 唐眛 Táng Mèi

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: killed in battle / 殺 · Context: feudal lords attacked Chu
    Explicit · shiji:084:s0046
  • Manner: killed-in-battle · Place: Chui and She / 垂涉 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 唐昧死焉 · Western Year: BC 301
    Explicit · shiji:023:s0070

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 兵殆於垂涉,唐昧死焉 · Western Year: BC 301
    Strongly inferred · shiji:023:s0070
  • Source Date: Text: 南敗楚相唐眛於重丘 · Western Year: BC 301
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:080:s0011
  • Source Date: Text: 襄王十一年 · Western Year: BC 301
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:045:s0119
  • Source Date: Text: 諸侯共擊楚 · Western Year: BC 301
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:084:s0046

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: died-in-defeat · Place: Chui and She / 垂涉 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 唐昧死焉 · Western Year: BC 301
    Explicit · shiji:023:s0070

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 23Treatise on Ritual · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 45House of Han · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 80Biography of Yue Yi · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 84Biographies of Qu Yuan and Master Jia · 1 passage