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imported>Darman36 m Sorry, I didn't see your comment about his not being an inventor. |
imported>Sol Pacificus Don't mean to confuse you. Wikipedia does cite a source for Meng Tian being credited with inventing the guzheng, which seems to be talked about enough to not be entirely trivial. I'm willing to re-include it although I disagree with him being called an inventor in the lede as that was not his profession. |
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'''Meng Tian''' (蒙恬; c. 250 BCE – 210 BCE) was a [[China|Chinese]] general and road builder of the [[Qin dynasty]] who served under [[Qin Shi Huang]]. He was placed in command of the Qin {{Wiki|Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu|campaign}} against the [[Xiongnu]] in the northern frontier and oversaw the construction of the [[Great Wall of China]] with 300,000 labourers as a bulwark against further nomadic raids.<ref name="Lewis 2007">Lewis, Mark Edward. (2007). "The Paradoxes of Empire". In ''The Early Empires: Qin and Han''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 51–74.</ref> | '''Meng Tian''' (蒙恬; c. 250 BCE – 210 BCE) was a [[China|Chinese]] general and road builder of the [[Qin dynasty]] who served under [[Qin Shi Huang]]. He was placed in command of the Qin {{Wiki|Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu|campaign}} against the [[Xiongnu]] in the northern frontier and oversaw the construction of the [[Great Wall of China]] with 300,000 labourers as a bulwark against further nomadic raids.<ref name="Lewis 2007">Lewis, Mark Edward. (2007). "The Paradoxes of Empire". In ''The Early Empires: Qin and Han''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 51–74.</ref> The invention of the {{wiki|guzheng}}, a string instrument, has also been attributed to him.<ref name="Xiao Tong">{{wiki|Xiao Tong}}. (1982). "Southern Capital Rhapsody". In ''{{wiki|Wen Xuan|Selections of Refined Literature}}'', translated and annotated by David R. Knechtges. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, pp. 311–336.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:56, 4 August 2023
Meng Tian (蒙恬; c. 250 BCE – 210 BCE) was a Chinese general and road builder of the Qin dynasty who served under Qin Shi Huang. He was placed in command of the Qin campaign against the Xiongnu in the northern frontier and oversaw the construction of the Great Wall of China with 300,000 labourers as a bulwark against further nomadic raids.[1] The invention of the guzheng, a string instrument, has also been attributed to him.[2]
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- ↑ Lewis, Mark Edward. (2007). "The Paradoxes of Empire". In The Early Empires: Qin and Han. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 51–74.
- ↑ Xiao Tong. (1982). "Southern Capital Rhapsody". In Selections of Refined Literature, translated and annotated by David R. Knechtges. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, pp. 311–336.
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