Overview
The translated histories identify Tian Chengsi as a warlord. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter 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 |
| Given | Chengsi | 承嗣 | Chengsi |
| Surname | Tian | 田 | Tian |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · xintangshu:066:s0121
Roles
- Warlord
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 大曆元年 · Western Year: AD 766Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:066:s0120, xintangshu:066:s0121
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: seized · Place: Xiang, Wei, Ming, and Bei prefectures / 相、衛、洺、貝四州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大曆元年 · Western Year: AD 766 · Outcome: left the Zhaoyi Army circuit with only two prefectures / 所存者二州Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:066:s0120, xintangshu:066:s0121
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: usurped prefectures by force · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · xintangshu:066:s0121
References in the histories
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