Tian Feng (田豐) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Tian Feng as a general, military officer, and rebel. This record brings together 9 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Tian Feng	田豐	Tián Fēng
Given name	Feng	豐	Fēng
Personal name	Tian Feng	田豐	Tián Fēng
Personal name	Tian Feng	田豐

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · mingshi:122:s0103
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · yuanshi:207:s0031

Roles

General
Military Officer
Rebel

Life and dates

Death

Manner: killed
Explicit · mingshi:122:s0145

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: chapter dated context · Western Year: AD 1360
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:207:s0031
Source Date: Text: 二十二年六月 · Western Year: AD 1362
Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:122:s0142
Source Date: Text: 十七年 · Western Year: AD 1357
Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:122:s0103

Career and standing

Label: Yuan ten-thousand-household militia commander on the Yellow River / 鎮守黃河義兵萬戶 · Action: held
Explicit · mingshi:122:s0103

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: yuan · Relation: active-in
Strongly inferred · yuanshi:207:s0031
Polity Id: yuan · Relation: defected-from
Explicit · mingshi:122:s0103
Polity Id: yuan · Relation: served
Explicit · mingshi:122:s0103

Events and relationships

Kind: assassination · Role: perpetrator · Action: assassinated Chaghan Temür with Wang Shicheng · Other Person Id: Chaghan Temür (察罕帖木兒)
Explicit · mingshi:122:s0142

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 122Volume 122 Biographies 10: · 8 passages

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田豐者，元鎮守黃河義兵萬戶也，叛附福通，陷濟寧，尋敗走。 Tian Feng had been a Yuan commander of militia along the Yellow River; he defected to Futong, seized Jining, but was soon defeated and driven off.

十八年，田豐復陷東平、濟寧、東昌、益都、廣平、順德。 In year 18 (1358), Tian Feng recaptured Dongping, Jining, Dongchang, Yidu, Guangping, and Shunde.

獨田豐據東平，勢稍強。 Only Tian Feng held Dongping, and his position was somewhat stronger.

田豐陷保定，元遣使招之，被殺。 Tian Feng took Baoding; when the Yuan sent envoys to negotiate, he had them killed.

元將孛羅敗之於台州，遂入東平與豐合。 The Yuan general Boluo defeated him at Taizhou; he then entered Dongping and joined Tian Feng.

而察罕既取汴梁，遂遣子擴廓討東平，脅降田豐、王士誠，乘勝定山東。 After Chaghan took Bianliang, he sent his son Köke Temür against Dongping, forced Tian Feng and Wang Shicheng to submit, and pacified Shandong in the wake of victory.

二十二年六月，豐、士誠乘閑刺殺察罕，入益都。 In the sixth month of year 22 (1362), Feng and Shicheng assassinated Chaghan when his guard was down and entered Yidu.

元兵急攻益都，穴地道以入，殺豐、士城，而械送猱頭于京師，林兒勢大窘。 Yuan forces stormed Yidu, tunneled into the city, killed Feng and Shicheng, and sent Yaotou in chains to the capital; Lin'er's position collapsed.

History of Yuan, Chapter 207Volume 207 Biographies 94: Rebellious Ministers · 1 passage

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七月，擊銑田豐偽將王士誠於臺州。 In the seventh month he attacked Wang Shicheng, a rebel general of Tian Feng, at Taizhou.