Qin and Han · Envoy and Official

Tang Meng 唐蒙

Attested BC 129

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Tang Meng was an envoy and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 129 唐蒙使略通夜郎
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 67, passages 2, 35

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 67, passage 2

Events and relationships

Opened road to Yelang; executed ringleaders under wartime law
Military · Commander · At Yelang / Bozhong 夜郎、僰中
Directly stated · Book of Han 67, passages 2, 19-20

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 67Volume 57b: Sima Xiangru · 3 passages

相如為郎數歲，會唐蒙使略通夜郎、僰中，發巴、蜀吏卒，千人，郡又多為發轉漕萬餘人，用軍興法誅其渠率。 Xiangru had served as a gentleman attendant for several years when Tang Meng was dispatched to push the frontier toward Yelang and the Bozhong region. Tang called up a thousand officers and troops from Ba and Shu, and the commanderies raised more than ten thousand additional laborers for transport and supply. Invoking the statutes used in wartime mobilization, he put their leaders to death.

上聞之，乃遣相如責唐蒙等，因諭告巴、蜀民以非上意。 When the emperor learned of the unrest, he sent Xiangru to reprimand Tang Meng and his associates and to make clear to the people of Ba and Shu that none of this had been the sovereign's will.

唐蒙已略通夜郎，因通西南夷道，發巴、蜀、廣漢卒，作者數萬人。 Tang Meng had already pushed through to Yelang and was extending the southwest road, drafting tens of thousands of laborers from Ba, Shu, and Guanghan.