Wang Meng (English spelling)

Japanese: 王猛 - おうもう（英語表記）Wang Meng; Wang Mêng

[Raw] Taining 3 (325)
[Death] Ning Kang 3 (375)
A Chinese politician of the Former Qin Dynasty. A native of Shandong. His pen name was Jinglue. He served Fu Jian, and after Fu Jian ascended to the throne, he lived up to expectations as his greatest strategist. He held real power in Former Qin as Minister of the Secretariat and Commander in Chief of the military both inside and outside the country. He was one of the most prominent politicians in the Five Barbarians and Sixteen Kingdoms period. He died leaving a will to Fu Jian that he should not attack the Eastern Jin Dynasty (→Jin), but Fu Jian later went against this and attacked the Eastern Jin Dynasty, suffering a major defeat in the Battle of Feishui.

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Japanese:

[生]太寧3(325)
[没]寧康3(375)
中国，前秦の政治家。山東の人。字は景略。苻堅 (ふけん) に仕え，その即位後は最高の謀臣としての期待にこたえた。尚書令，都督中外諸軍事などとして前秦の実権を握った。五胡十六国を通じて屈指の政治家である。苻堅に東晋 (→晋) を討つべきでないことを遺言して死んだが，のち苻堅はそれに反して東晋を討ち，淝水 (ひすい) の戦いで大敗した。

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