孟昶 / Meng Chang (Later Shu)

Overview

孟昶 / Meng Chang is presented by the supplied episode as the last ruler of 后蜀. He enters its era-name story through his surrender to 赵匡胤 and the subsequent transfer of a consort identified as 花蕊夫人 into the Song palace.

Current Profile

The episode gives Meng Chang only a compressed conquest-and-court profile. His fall supplies the movement path for people and objects from Later Shu to the Northern Song court; the alleged 乾德 mirror therefore links a conquered Later Shu household to the forgotten chronology of the earlier 前蜀. The same source associates Meng Chang with Chengdu gardens, peonies, and Lady Huarui’s literary and aesthetic memory.

Key Characteristics

• Last ruler of Later Shu in the episode’s account.
• Surrendered ruler whose household entered the Northern Song conquest order.
• Political link between Lady Huarui’s palace transfer and Zhao Kuangyin’s 乾德 discovery story.
• Patron associated by the episode with Chengdu peonies and court culture.

Evidence

Conquest and household transfer

• Hanji 301 says Meng Chang surrendered after the Song conquest and died shortly afterward, after which Lady Huarui entered the Song palace.

Court-culture memory

• Hanji 301 associates Meng Chang with extensive peony planting and an ambition to make Chengdu’s flowers surpass Luoyang’s.

Qualifications

• This is not a complete biography or political history of Meng Chang or Later Shu.
• The episode’s year of conquest, seven-day death interval, cause-neutral “sudden death” account, household sequence, and garden claims require independent verification.
• The identity of the transferred consort, the ownership of the mirror, and the relationship between the object and Meng Chang’s household remain source-scoped.

What Changed

• Added Meng Chang as the Later Shu ruler connecting conquest, household transfer, and the reported 乾德 mirror story.
• Added a source-scoped court-culture association with Chengdu peonies.

Relationships

• 后蜀 - regime over which Meng Chang is presented as the final ruler.
• 赵匡胤 - conquering Northern Song ruler in the episode’s compressed account.
• 花蕊夫人 - consort whose later Song-palace story carries Meng Chang’s household memory.
• 年号制度 - institutional topic reached through the mirror said to have moved from the conquered court.