# Lü Mêng — The Art of War character guide

> Lü Mêng in The Art of War by Sun Tzu.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mêng Shih, 呂蒙 Lü Mêng

**First appearance:** 0004-the-commentators

## Who they are

A Wu general from the Three Kingdoms period.

## In the story

### [Appreciations of Sun Tzǔ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_art_of_war_se/chapters/appreciations-of-sun-tz)

General (d. 219) who studied Sun Tzǔ's pages.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_art_of_war_se/chapters/endnotes)

Recalled for his stern discipline in executing a fellow-townsman who stole a bamboo hat, as an example of military severity.

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