Overview
The translated histories identify Tian Fen as an aristocrat, official, royal family member, and statesman. This record brings together 22 passages from 8 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Tian Fen | 田蚡 | Tian Fen |
| Descriptive kinship | Empress Dowager's younger brother | 皇太后弟 | |
| Given | Fen | 蚡 | Fen |
| Personal name | Fen | 蚡 | Fen |
| Personal name | Fen | 蚡 | |
| Title | Grand Commandant | 太尉 | |
| Title | Marquis of Wu'an | 武安侯 | Wu'an Hou |
| Title | Marquis of Wu'an | 武安侯 | |
| Title | Marquis of Wu'an | 武安侯 | Wǔ'ān hóu |
| Title | Marquis of Wuan | 武安侯 | |
| Title | Marquis of Wuan | 武安侯 | Wǔān Hóu |
| Personal | Tian Fen | 田蚡 | |
| Personal name | Tian Fen | Tian Fen | |
| Personal name | Tian Fen | 田蚡 | Tian Fen |
| Personal | Tian Fen | 田蚡 | Tián Fén |
| Personal name | Tian Fen | 田蚡 | Tián Fén |
| Personal name | Tian Fen | 蚡 | Fén |
| Given | 蚡 | Fen |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Kind: sex · Value: maleExplicit · hanshu:074:s0355
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:059:s0154, shiji:108:s0061
- Sex: male
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Official
- Royal Family Member
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: died / 死Explicit · shiji:108:s0119
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 今天子元光之中 · Western Year: BC 132Explicit · shiji:029:s0025, shiji:029:s0027
- Source Date: Text: 建元三年 · Western Year: BC 138Explicit event contextual date · shiji:114:s0013, shiji:114:s0011
- Source Date: Text: 建元中 · Western Interval: Start: BC 140 · End: BC 135Explicit · shiji:108:s0061
- Source Date: Text: 建元六年 · Western Year: BC 135Explicit · shiji:108:s0065
- Source Date: Text: 後三年三月 · Western Year: BC 141Explicit · shiji:011:s0117
- Source Date: Text: 武帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 141 · End: BC 87Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:059:s0154
- Source Date: Text: 武帝初為丞相 · Western Interval: Start: BC 140 · End: BC 131Explicit event contextual date · shiji:120:s0028
Family
- Sibling of Tian Sheng (勝)Kinship Term: brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full
- Sibling of Empress Dowager (太后)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-sister · Object Role: younger-brother
- Sibling of Empress Wang (王氏)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder - Sibling of Empress Dowager Wang (太后)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger
Career and standing
- Label: Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元六年 · Western Year: BC 135Explicit · shiji:108:s0065
- Label: Grand Commandant / 太尉 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元三年 · Western Year: BC 138Explicit · shiji:114:s0013
- Label: Grand Commandant of Han / 漢太尉 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元中 · Western Interval: Start: BC 140 · End: BC 135Explicit · shiji:108:s0061
- Label: chancellor / 丞相 · Action: heldExplicit · hanshu:059:s0154, shiji:029:s0027
- Label: Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: heldExplicit · shiji:120:s0028
- Grand Commandant / 太尉Explicit · hanshu:074:s0355
- Name: Chancellor / 丞相Explicit · hanshu:038:s0035
- Title: Marquis of Wuan / 武安侯 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 後三年三月 · Western Year: BC 141Explicit · shiji:011:s0117
- Title: appanage at Shu / 奉邑食鄃 · Place: Shu / 鄃 · Action: heldExplicit · shiji:029:s0027
- Name: Yu / 鄃 · As: sustenance fiefExplicit · hanshu:038:s0035, hanshu:038:s0036
- Title: Marquis of Wu'an / 武安侯 · Action: held
- Title: Marquis of Wuan / 武安侯 · Action: heldExplicit · shiji:108:s0061
- Name: Marquis of Wu'an / 武安侯Explicit · hanshu:038:s0035
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Han / 漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · shiji:029:s0027
- Place: Shu / 鄃 · Relation: enfeoffed-atExplicit · shiji:029:s0027, shiji:029:s0028
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: advisor · Action: advised-against-sealing-breachExplicit · shiji:029:s0029, shiji:029:s0031
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: breaches are Heaven's affairs not for forced human sealing · Provenance: Mode: quoted-speech · Speaker Person Id: Tian Fen (田蚡)Explicit · shiji:029:s0029
References in the histories
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