Meng Tian

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 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.Lewis, Mark Edward. (2007). "The Paradoxes of Empire". In The Early Empires: Qin and Han. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 51–74. The invention of the , a string instrument, has also been attributed to him.. (1982). "Southern Capital Rhapsody". In , translated and annotated by David R. Knechtges. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, pp. 311–336.
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Jade
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