Qin and Han · Scholar and Teacher

Tian He 田何

Attested BC 206 - BC 180

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Tian He was a scholar and Teacher.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zizhuang	子莊	Zizhuang

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 206 to BC 180 漢興
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 168

Places and affiliations

At Qi 齊
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 168

Events and relationships

Relation Teacher of · Person Wang Tong (王同)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 169

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 168

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 121Biographies of Confucian Scholars · 2 passages

自魯商瞿受易孔子，孔子卒，商瞿傳易，六世至齊人田何，字子莊，而漢興。 Shang Qu of Lu received the Changes from Confucius. After the Master's death, the tradition was passed down through six generations until it reached Tian He of Qi, courtesy name Zizhuang, by which time the Han dynasty had been established.

田何傳東武人王同子仲，子仲傳菑川人楊何。 Tian He passed the tradition to Wang Tong Zizhong of Dongwu, who in turn passed it to Yang He of Zichuan.