Tian Hongzheng (田弘正)

Overview

The translated histories identify Tian Hongzheng as a general, military officer, official, and warlord. This record brings together 13 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Tian Hongzheng	田弘正	Tian Hongzheng
Given	Hongzheng	弘正
Surname	Tian	田
Personal name	Tian Hongzheng	田弘正	Tian Hongzheng
Personal	Tian Hongzheng	田弘正
Personal name	Tian Hongzheng	田弘正	Tián Hóngzhèng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiutangshu:181:s0005, xintangshu:052:s0208

Roles

General
Military Officer
Official
Warlord

Life and dates

Death

Manner: murdered · Agent Person Id: Wang Tingcou (王廷湊)
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0010
Cause: murdered · Killer Person Id: Wang Tingcou (王廷湊) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 居數月 · Western Year: AD 821
Explicit event contextual date · jiutangshu:185:s0012
Manner: killed · Place: Zhenzhou / 鎮州
Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0208

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元和中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 806 · End: AD 820
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0005
Source Date: Text: 田弘正 · Western Year: AD 806
Explicit · jiutangshu:185:s0007
Source Date: Text: 鎮州殺田弘正 · Western Year: AD 821
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:052:s0208

Family

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Parent of Tian Bu (田布)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: child

Places and affiliations

Label: Tang / 唐 · Relation: served
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0005
Place: Zhenzhou / 鎮州 · Relation: posted-to
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0009

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: campaigned-against · Other Person Id: Li Shidao (李師道)
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0005
Kind: military · Role: victim · Action: killed at Zhenzhou
Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0208

References in the histories

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 181Volume 177 Biographies 127: Cui Shenyou, Cui Gong, Lu Jun, Pei Xiu, Yang Shou, Wei Baoheng, Lu Yan, Xiao Houzi, Liu Zhan, Liu Zhuan, Cao Que, Bi Xian, Du Shenquan, Liu Ye, Dou Luzhan · 6 passages

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元和中，田弘正討李師道，令憲誠以先鋒四千人濟河，累下其城柵。 During the Yuanhe reign, when Tian Hongzheng marched against Li Shidao, he sent Xiancheng ahead with four thousand vanguard troops to cross the Yellow River and take one fortified camp after another.

鎮州王承宗死，弘正自魏移領鎮州。 When Wang Chengzong of Zhenzhou died, Hongzheng left Wei to assume command of Zhenzhou.

居數月，爲王廷湊所殺，遂以兵叛。 Within a few months Hongzheng was murdered by Wang Tingcou, who then rose in armed rebellion.

朝廷以弘正子布爲魏博節度使，領兵討伐，俾復父冤。 The court made Hongzheng's son Bu military governor of Weibo and sent him to campaign against the rebels, that he might avenge his father's death.

進滔客寄於魏，委質軍門，事節度使田弘正。 Jintao had settled in Wei as an outsider, pledged himself to the army, and served under the military governor Tian Hongzheng.

弘正奉詔討鄆州，破李師道，時進滔爲衙內都知兵馬使，以功授兼侍御史。 When Hongzheng marched on Yanzhou by imperial order and broke Li Shidao, Jintao was chief controller of horse and foot in the headquarters guard and was made concurrent Attending Censor for his service.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 185Volume 181 Biographies 131: Shi Xiancheng, Zi Xiaozhang, He Jintao, Han Yunzhong, Li Yanzhen, Luo Hongxin · 6 passages

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元和中，田弘正討李師道，令憲誠以先鋒四千人濟河，累下其城柵。 During the Yuanhe era, when Tian Hongzheng marched against Li Shidao, he sent Xiancheng with four thousand vanguard troops across the river; they took one enemy stockade after another.

鎮州王承宗死，弘正自魏移領鎮州。 When Wang Chengzong of Zhenzhou died, Hongzheng left Wei to assume control of Zhenzhou.

居數月，為王廷湊所殺，遂以兵叛。 Within a few months Hongzheng was murdered by Wang Tingcou, who then rose in armed rebellion.