Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General

Hou Tian 侯瑱

Attested AD 555 - AD 561

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Hou Tian was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 555 to AD 561 陳初
Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 167

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 19Volume 19: Shen Jiong; Yu Li; Ma Shu · 2 passages

夫以王琳之彊，侯瑱之力，進足以搖蕩中原，爭衡天下，退足以屈強江外，雄張偏隅。 As for Wang Lin's strength and Hou Tian's force—advancing enough to shake the central plains and contend for the realm; retreating enough to bend the strong beyond the Yangzi and spread might in a corner.

然或命一旅之師，或資一士之說，琳則瓦解冰泮，投身異域，瑱則厥角稽顙，委命闕廷。 Yet whether ordering a single column or relying on one scholar's persuasion, Lin dissolved like ice and threw himself into a foreign land; Tian touched horn, bowed forehead, and entrusted fate at the palace gate.