Meng Tian - Moten

A general of the Qin Dynasty in China. His ancestors were from Qi. His grandfather Meng Ao and father Wu served as generals under King Zhao (reigned 306-251 BC) and Shi Huang (reigned 247-210 BC) of the Warring States period, respectively, and were distinguished by their achievements. Tian, ​​along with his brother Yi, also served Shi Huang and was active as a general. When Qin unified the world (221 BC), he led 300,000 troops in a war against the Xiongnu and built the Great Wall from Lintao to Liaodong. However, after the death of Shi Huang, he was conspired against by the eunuch Zhao Gao, who had supported Shi Huang's youngest son Huhai as the second emperor, and was executed along with Shi Huang's eldest son Fusu. Tian committed suicide by taking poison.

[Kazuyuki Tsuruma]

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中国、秦(しん)の将軍。先祖は斉(せい)の人。祖父蒙驁(もうごう)、父武がそれぞれ戦国秦の昭王（在位前306～前251）、始皇帝（在位前247～前210）に将軍として仕え、功績があった。恬も弟の毅(き)とともに始皇帝に仕え、将軍として活躍した。秦が天下を統一する（前221）と、30万の兵を率いて対匈奴(きょうど)戦を開始し、臨洮(りんとう)から遼東(りょうとう)に至る万里の長城を築く。しかし始皇帝の死後、末子胡亥(こがい)を2世皇帝として擁立した宦官(かんがん)の趙高(ちょうこう)の謀略にあい、始皇帝の長子扶蘇(ふそ)とともに死を賜って、恬は服毒自殺した。

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