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Tian Dan 田單

Attested BC 250 - BC 240

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Tian Dan as a general. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Tian Dan 田單 Tian Dan
Personal name Tian Dan 田單 Tian Dan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Uncertain

Roles

  • General

Life and dates

Attested activity

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: besieged-and-sacked-Liaocheng · Place: Liaocheng / 聊城 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其後二十餘年 · Western Interval: Start: BC 250 · End: BC 240

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 83Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang · 3 passages