Lü Meng
Lü Meng was from Fupo County (富陂縣), Runan Commandery (汝南郡), which is located southeast of present-day Funan County, Anhui. His family migrated to the south of the Yangtze River when Lü Meng was young. Lü Meng lived with his brother-in-law, Deng Dang (鄧當), who served as a military officer under Sun Ce. When he was 14 or 15, he secretly followed Deng Dang to the battles against the Shanyue tribes. Deng Dang was shocked to see his teenage brother-in-law in battle, so he scolded Lü Meng and warned him to stop. Lü Meng refused to listen so Deng Dang told Lü Meng's mother about this. When she wanted to punish him, Lü Meng said: "It is difficult to survive in poverty. If we can prove ourselves through hard work, then wealth will come eventually. How can we catch the tiger cub if we don't enter the tiger's den?" Lü Meng's mother sighed and let him have his way.
Masvingo Province
The province has produced a number of illustrious figures in the history of the country. Famous sons of the province include President Emmerson Mnangagwa who was raised in Chivi, Zimbabwe's first vice-president, nationalist and founding father of Zimbabwe, Simon Muzenda; Harvard trained lawyer, nationalist and politician Edson Zvobgo,Oxford trained Advocate Pearson Nherere (First Blind Advocate in the whole world), Paul Tangi Mhova Mkondo, Nationalist & Businessman, Nationalist Crispen Mandizvidza, ambassador Stan Mudenge and Alois Chidoda; Member Of Parliament Shuvai Mahova; Chief Air-Marshall Josiah Tungamirai; Governor Josiah Hungwe. The popular singer, Paul Matavire, aka Dr. Love was from Mwenezi, while Gen. Vitalis Zvinavashe, the second supreme commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, is from Gutu. The first black President of the Senate in Zimbabwe was the late national hero, Nolan Chipo Makombe, who was born in Zimuto in 1932 and passed on in May 1998. Also from Masvingo province is one of Zimbabwe's first ambassadors, Eleck Mashingaidze from Mberengwa district.