Qin and Han · Ruler

Tian Guang 田廣

Tián Guǎng

Died BC 204

Passages: 19
Chapters: 5
Histories: 2

Overview

The translated histories identify Tian Guang as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 19 passages from 5 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Tian Guang	田廣	Tián Guǎng
Personal
Title
Given	Guang	廣	Guang
Title	King Guang	齊王廣	Qi Wang Guang
Title	King of Qi	齊王	Qi Wang
Title	King of Qi	齊王	Qí Wáng
Title	King of Qi	齊王	Qí wáng
Title	King of Qi	齊王
Personal	Tian Guang	田廣	Tian Guang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:048:s0213, shiji:054:s0069
Sex: male
Explicit · shiji:094:s0051
Value: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:042:s0081

Roles

Royal Family Member
Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died after capture · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 橫聞齊王死 · Western Year: BC 204
Explicit · shiji:094:s0062
Text: captured then died; Tian Heng heard the king was dead / 虜齊王廣；橫聞王死
Explicit · hanshu:042:s0089, hanshu:042:s0091

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 故齊王田廣 · Western Year: BC 203
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:054:s0069
Source Date: Text: 立田榮子廣為齊王 · Western Interval: Start: BC 205 · End: BC 204
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:094:s0051, shiji:094:s0060

Family

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Child of Tian Rong (田榮)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

Text: King of Qi / 王
Explicit · hanshu:042:s0081
Title: King of Qi / 齊王 · Action: installed
Explicit · shiji:094:s0051
Title: Former King of Qi / 故齊王
Explicit · hanshu:048:s0213
Status: captive · Action: entered · Captor Person Id: Han Xin (韓信)
Explicit · shiji:094:s0060

Events and relationships

Kind: legal · Role: authority · Action: boiled-Li-Yiji · Other Person Id: Li Yiji (酈食其)
Explicit · shiji:094:s0057
Type: son · Person Id: Tian Rong (田榮)
Explicit · hanshu:042:s0081
Type: lord-of · Person Id: Tian Guang (田光)
Explicit · hanshu:048:s0213

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 1Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 1 · 4 passages

夏四月，田榮弟橫收得數萬人，立榮子廣為齊王。 In summer, in the fourth month, Tian Rong's younger brother Heng gathered several tens of thousands of men and established Rong's son Guang as King of Qi.

漢王使酈食其說齊王田廣，罷守兵與漢和。 King Han sent Li Yiji to persuade King Qi Tian Guang to dismiss his guarding troops and make peace with Han.

齊王亨酈生，東走高密。 King Qi had Li Yiji boiled alive and fled east to Gaomi.

十一月，韓信與灌嬰擊破楚軍，殺楚將龍且，追至城陽，虜齊王廣。 In the eleventh month, Han Xin and Guan Ying attacked and defeated the Chu army, killed the Chu general Long Ju, pursued as far as Chengyang, and captured Tian Guang, King of Qi.

Book of Han, Chapter 42Volume 33: Wei Bao, Tian Dan and Hán Xin (King of Han) · 6 passages

以故橫復收齊城邑，立榮子廣為王，而橫相之，政事無巨細皆斷於橫。 For this reason Tian Heng again gathered in the cities and towns of Qi, established Tian Rong's son Tian Guang as king, and served as his chancellor. Every matter of government, large or small, was decided by Heng.

會漢使酈食其往說王廣及相橫，與連和。 Meanwhile Han envoy Li Yiji went to persuade King Guang and Chancellor Tian Heng to make an alliance.

王廣、相橫以酈生為賣己而亨之。 King Guang and Chancellor Tian Heng believed Li Yiji had sold them out and therefore boiled him alive.

廣東走高密，橫走博，守相田光走城陽，將軍田既軍於膠東。 Guang fled east to Gaomi, Tian Heng fled to Bo, Chancellor Tian Guang fled to Chengyang, and General Tian Ji camped at Jiaodong.

楚使龍且救齊，齊王與合軍高密。 Chu sent Long Ju to rescue Qi, and the Qi king joined forces with him at Gaomi.

漢將韓信、曹參破殺龍且，虜齊王廣。 Han generals Han Xin and Cao Shen defeated and killed Long Ju and captured King Guang of Qi.

Book of Han, Chapter 48Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen · 1 passage

得故齊王田廣相田光，其守相許章，及故將軍田既。 He captured Tián Guāng, chancellor to Tián Guǎng, the former King of Qi; Xu Zhang, the acting chancellor; and Tian Ji, a former general.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 54House of Chancellor Cao · 1 passage

得故齊王田廣相田光，其守相許章，及故齊膠東將軍田既。 He captured Tian Guang, the chancellor of the former King of Qi Tian Guang; Xu Zhang, the defending chancellor; and Tian Ji, the former Jiaodong general of Qi.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 94Biography of Tian Dan, King of Qi · 7 passages

以故田橫復得收齊城邑，立田榮子廣為齊王，而橫相之，專國政，政無巨細皆斷於相。 With Xiang Yu's attention diverted, Tian Heng recovered the cities of Qi. He installed Tian Rong's son Guang as King of Qi and served as his chancellor, concentrating all power in his own hands. Every affair of state, great or small, was decided by the chancellor.

橫定齊三年，漢王使酈生往說下齊王廣及其相國橫。 After Heng had held Qi for three years, the King of Han sent the persuader Li Yiji to talk King Guang of Qi and his Chancellor Heng into surrendering.

齊王廣、相橫怒，以酈生賣己，而亨酈生。 King Guang and Chancellor Heng were furious, convinced that Li Yiji had sold them out. They had him boiled alive.

齊王廣東走高密，相橫走博（陽），守相田光走城陽，將軍田既軍於膠東。 King Guang fled east to Gaomi; Chancellor Heng escaped to Boyang; the Deputy Chancellor Tian Guang retreated to Chengyang; and General Tian Ji encamped with his forces in Jiaodong.

楚使龍且救齊，齊王與合軍高密。 Chu dispatched Long Ju to rescue Qi, and the King of Qi joined forces with him at Gaomi.

漢將韓信與曹參破殺龍且，虜齊王廣。 The Han general Han Xin, together with Cao Shen, defeated and killed Long Ju and took King Guang of Qi prisoner.

至博（陽），而橫聞齊王死，自立為齊王，還擊嬰，嬰敗橫之軍於嬴下。 When word reached Boyang that the King of Qi was dead, Heng proclaimed himself King of Qi and turned to attack Guan Ying. But Guan Ying routed Heng's forces below Ying.