GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 71

孟

孟 is read as mèng.

Pinyin

mèng

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 孟

Basic meaning

eldest; first month of a season

Five element

Water

Origin

Time: Spring and Autumn Lu lineage tradition; Spring and Autumn tradition, 770-476 BCE

Place: Lu state, today's Shandong Province

Origin note

A major Meng surname tradition connects the surname with the Mengsun clan of Lu, where Meng marks the senior or eldest branch. The page treats Meng as a rank/branch-name surname rather than only the ordinary meaning 'eldest'.

Historical figures

孟轲 (Meng Ke)

c. 372-289 BCE · philosopher

Better known as Mencius, one of the central Confucian thinkers.

孟浩然 (Meng Haoran)

689-740 CE · Tang poet

A major Tang landscape poet.

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