Sui and Tang · Warlord

Tian Chengsi 田承嗣

Attested AD 766

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Chapters
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Histories
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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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Tian Chengsi 田承嗣 Tian Chengsi
Given Chengsi 承嗣 Chengsi
Surname Tian Tian

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Warlord

Life and dates

Attested activity

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-judgment

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 66Volume 66 Tables 6: Military Commanderies 3 · 1 passage