Lai Min (c. 160s – 260s),[a] courtesy name Jingda, was an official and scholar of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China.
Lai Yan served as a government official and rose to the position of Minister of Works (司空) during the reign of Emperor Ling (r.
[3][4][5] When chaos broke out towards the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, Lai Min and his elder sister fled south to Jing Province (covering present-day Hubei and Hunan) to evade trouble.
Lai Min's elder sister married Huang Wan (黃琬), a nephew of the grandmother of Liu Zhang, the Governor of Yi Province (covering present-day Sichuan and Chongqing).
[13] After his coronation, Liu Shan appointed Lai Min as a General of the Household (中郎將) in the Huben (虎賁; "Rapid as Tigers") division of the imperial guards.
However, as the Late Emperor was concerned about maintaining political stability in the newly established administration, he tolerated Lai Min but did not put him in any key appointments.
[17]Following Zhuge Liang's death in 234,[18] Lai Min returned to Chengdu, the Shu imperial capital, to serve as the Empress's Chamberlain (大長秋).
Meng Guang not only carelessly divulged state secrets (probably due to a slip of the tongue), but also discussed politics in an inappropriate setting.
[21] After Lai Min's string of incidents, the Shu government specially appointed him as General Who Behaves Cautiously (執慎將軍).
Lai Zhong and Xiang Chong once praised the Shu general Jiang Wei, who was so pleased that he recruited them to serve as Army Advisers (參軍) under him.