Meng Tian (c. 250 BC – c.August or September 210 BC)) was a Chinese inventor and military general of the Qin dynasty who distinguished himself in campaigns...

conquest of Chu. He was a son of Meng Ao [zh] and the father of Meng Tian and Meng Yi, all Qin generals. The son of Meng Ao, Meng Wu was part of his father's...

the general Meng Tian. After Qin Shi Huang's death, Meng Yi and his brother were executed by Qin Er Shi on the urging of Zhao Gao. Meng Yi's ancestors...

In 215 BC, Qin Shi Huang ordered General Meng Tian to set out against the Xiongnu tribes in the Ordos region, and establish a frontier region at the loop...

suffice. Ying Zheng dismissed Wang Jian's idea and ordered Li Xin and Meng Tian to lead a 200,000 strong army to attack Chu. Wang Jian claimed that he...

stripped Meng Tian of his command. Harbouring hatred for the entire Meng family due to his prior sentencing by Meng Yi, Zhao Gao destroyed the Meng brothers...

change his father's mind and was instead sent to guard the frontier, where Meng Tian was stationed, in a de facto exile. After the death of Qin Shi Huang,...

was killed by Wang Jian's second in command, Qin general Meng Wu, father of Meng Tian and Meng Yi. After these events, Chu was then conquered by Qin in...

designated heir. Upon Huhai's ascension, both Fusu and the popular general Meng Tian were killed on the orders of Li and Zhao, with Qin Er Shi's role in the...

3–present) (English) Meng Tian was the son of one of the Qin's "Great Six General", Meng Wu, grandson of the old general Meng Ao, brother of Meng Yi and commander...