Tian Chengsi (田承嗣)

Overview

The translated histories identify Tian Chengsi as a rebel and warlord. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Tian Chengsi	田承嗣	Tian Chengsi
Personal name	Tian Chengsi	田承嗣	Tian Chengsi
Personal	Tian Chengsi	田承嗣

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiutangshu:181:s0167

Roles

Rebel
Warlord

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 田承嗣 · Western Year: AD 756
Explicit · jiutangshu:185:s0159
Source Date: Text: 至德中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 756 · End: AD 758
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0167

Places and affiliations

Label: Tang / 唐 · Relation: served
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0167

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: founder · Action: established-yajiun
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0167
Kind: political · Role: seizer · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至德中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 756 · End: AD 758
Explicit · jiutangshu:185:s0159

References in the histories

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 181Volume 177 Biographies 127: Cui Shenyou, Cui Gong, Lu Jun, Pei Xiu, Yang Shou, Wei Baoheng, Lu Yan, Xiao Houzi, Liu Zhan, Liu Zhuan, Cao Que, Bi Xian, Du Shenquan, Liu Ye, Dou Luzhan · 1 passage

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魏之牙中軍者，自至德中，田承嗣盜據相、魏、澶、博、衞、貝等六州，召募軍中子弟置之部下，遂以爲號。 Wei's yajiun, the elite of the central army, dated from the Zhide era, when Tian Chengsi seized Xiang, Wei, Chan, Bo, Wei, and Bei and enrolled soldiers' sons in his personal following under that name.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 185Volume 181 Biographies 131: Shi Xiancheng, Zi Xiaozhang, He Jintao, Han Yunzhong, Li Yanzhen, Luo Hongxin · 1 passage

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魏之牙中軍者，自至德中，田承嗣盜據相、魏、澶、博、衛、貝等六州，召募軍中子弟置之部下，遂以為號。 Wei's yamen guard army dated from the Zhide era, when Tian Chengsi seized Xiang, Wei, Chan, Bo, Wei, and Bei and the other six prefectures. He enrolled soldiers' sons and younger brothers in his personal following, and they took that as their name.