蒙敖 / Meng Ao
蒙敖 / Meng Ao enters the wiki through 《资治通鉴·周纪》69丨必看！古代帝王奇葩死法大盘点 as the Qin commander whom the host identifies behind the 285 BCE attack on 齐国. The episode says 《资治通鉴》 names Meng Wu, but corrects the notice through 《史记》: the commander should be Meng Ao, Meng Wu’s father.
The source uses him less as a full biography than as a source-critical hinge. Under 秦昭襄王, Qin attacks Qi after Qi’s destruction of 宋国 has made Qi look too powerful. Meng Ao’s campaign captures nine cities, and the episode says Qin then establishes them as counties governed by Qin-appointed officials.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》102-1｜吕不韦是姜子牙后人？ adds a later 秦庄襄王 campaign. Meng Ao attacks 韩国, takes Chenggao, and Qin establishes 三川 commandery. The episode uses him here as the general attached to Qin’s continued eastward administrative consolidation after the Lu Buwei succession payoff.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》102-2｜孔子在鲁国的身世之谜 adds the next campaign notice. In 秦庄襄王’s second year, Meng Ao attacks 赵国 and takes thirty-seven cities, with Yuci and Langmeng named in the source. The episode uses the notice mainly as annalistic context after the Lu-destruction explanation and before the 《吕氏春秋》 compilation note.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》103-1｜司马迁看中的信陵君算是小人吗？ adds Meng Ao’s next pressure point against 魏国. He takes Gaodu and Ji city, pushing 魏安釐王 to recall 信陵君 from 赵国. The episode then makes Meng Ao the Qin commander defeated by Xinlingjun’s five-state coalition south of the Yellow River.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》104｜阴谋失算让秦国版图又又又膨胀了 gives Meng Ao a brief post-succession stabilization notice: in 246 BCE, under young 嬴政 / 秦始皇, he suppresses the Jinyang disturbance. The source uses the event to show that Qin has internal disorder even as the eastern states fail to coordinate effectively against it.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》105｜战争花样赵国李牧最会耍 adds Meng Ao’s 244 BCE Han campaign. Even though 秦国 is experiencing famine, Meng Ao attacks 韩国 and captures twelve cities, making him part of the source’s point that Qin’s eastward pressure continues despite internal strain.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》106｜惊人发现信陵君的非正常死亡 moves Meng Ao from Han back to 魏国. In 243 BCE he attacks Wei and stops in the third month; in the following year, after Qin’s locust and epidemic crisis, he attacks Wei again, takes twenty cities, and the gains become 东郡. The source therefore makes him the military carrier of Qin’s recovery from disaster into administrative expansion.
Connections
- 秦昭襄王 and 秦国 - ruler and state he serves in the source.
- 齐湣王 and 齐国 - target ruler and target state.
- 《资治通鉴》 and 《史记》 - chronicle notice and correction layer.
- 秦国东进压力 - broader Qin expansion frame.
- 秦庄襄王, 韩国, 三川, and Qinji 102-1 - later Chenggao and Sanchuan commandery branch.
- 赵国, 《吕氏春秋》, and Qinji 102-2 - Qin Zhuangxiang Wang second-year Zhao campaign notice.
- 信陵君, 魏安釐王, 合纵, and Qinji 103-1 - Wei campaign, recall crisis, and five-state defeat.
- 嬴政 / 秦始皇, 秦国, and Qinji 104 - Jinyang disturbance suppression after the young king’s accession.
- 韩国, 秦国东进压力, and Qinji 105 - famine-year attack on Han and twelve-city gain.
- 魏国, 东郡, 鬻爵赈灾融资, and Qinji 106 - attacks on Wei before and after the locust/epidemic crisis.