178 Births - L Meng, Pupienus, Zhang Cheng (Paperback)

Chapters: L Meng, Pupienus, Zhang Cheng. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: L Meng (178 - 219) was a renowned officer under Sun Quan during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He served as the commanding general in the invasion of Jing Province that led to the death of Guan Yu. L Meng was born in Fupo () of Runan (Present-day Fuyang, Anhui) in 178. L Meng's family migrated south of the Yangtze River when L Meng was young, and he lived with his brother-in-law Deng Dang (), who served under Sun Ce. When L Meng was 15 or 16, he would often follow Deng Dang in his expeditions against the Shanyue secretly against Deng Dang's wishes. When Deng told L Meng's mother about this, she was furious, but L Meng said: "It is difficult to survive in poverty; if we can prove ourselves through hard work, then wealth would come eventually. How can we get the tiger's cub if we don't enter the tiger's den?" L Meng's mother was so touched at his words that she forgave him and did not punish him. At the time, an official despised L Meng for his age, and often insulted him with words like: "What can he do? His behaviour would only feed himself to the tigers." Eventually, L Meng could not hold his anger and slew the official. L Meng soon turned himself in to Yuan Xiong (), who pleaded with Sun Ce to spare his life. Sun Ce granted L Meng an audience with him, and he was very impressed with L Meng, so he acquitted L Meng of his crimes and made him an officer. A few years later, Deng Dang died, and Zhang Zhao recommended L Meng to take his place. When Sun Quan succeeded Sun Ce, he planned to merge smaller troops into larger garrisons. When L Meng heard of this, he collected funds to decorate his troops with brilliant armour. When Sun Quan came to review his ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=267667