Lu Meng

Historic Biography:

            Lu Meng lived from 178 –219 A.D., dying at the age of 41. Meng was a powerful, loyal, officer of Wu. He was fair and righteous This showed, when he had a friend of his beheaded after stealing a hat from a villager.  He was the father of a powerful officer named Lu Ba. His father and wife, unknown.  Meng was a mighty, rather merciless warrior of Wu. He and his troops were the cause of the mighty Guan Yu, sworn brother of the ruler of Shu, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei. Meng didn’t care about anything that stood in his way. He was the one that conspired to kill Guan Yu. Meng would wait for Yu down on a trail north of Maichang. Sure enough, Yu was slain, not prepared for the surprise ambush. However, he certainly gave Meng and his troops a hard time. Before dying, he said, "If I cannot slay Lu Meng while I live, I will slay him after I am dead, for my hate for him will never be unappeased." Ziming, (his style name) was killed during his celebration on his deed of slaying the mighty Guan Yu. However, Yu’s spirit took over Meng. Blood shot forth from the seven holes of his body, and there he lay dead, killed in his own ceremony.

 

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