Wang Meng (Former Qin)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.
Wang Meng as depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang

Wang Meng (Chinese: 王猛; pinyin: Wáng Měng; 325 – August or September 375[1]), courtesy name Jinglüe (景略), formally Marquess Wu of Qinghe (清河武侯), was a Chinese military general and politician. He served as a chancellor of the Former Qin dynasty of China and under the Emperor Xuanzhao in the fourth century AD. Under his governance, the Former Qin expanded from encompassing only most of Shaanxi, eastern Gansu, and extreme western Shanxi and Henan, to covering nearly all of then-Chinese territory north of the Huai River and the southwest. He is commonly regarded as one of the greatest statesmen in Chinese history. Wang Meng is depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang.

  1. ^ Vol. 103 of Zizhi Tongjian indicated that Wang Meng fell ill in the 6th month of the 3rd year of the Ningkang era (15 Jul to 12 Aug 375 in the Julian calendar) and died in the 7th month of that year (13 Aug to 11 Sep 375 in the Julian calendar).