Sui and Tang · Military Officer

Tian Maoguang 田茂廣

Attested AD 617

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Tian Maoguang was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 617 改元永平
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 94

Career and standing

Protector-General 護軍將軍
AD 617 改元永平 · Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 94

Places and affiliations

AD 617 改元永平
Polity Wei 魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 94

Events and relationships

Built three hundred general catapults
AD 617 改元永平 · Engineering · Builder
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 94

Assessments and attributes

Item General's Catapults 將軍砲 · Relation Made · Quantity 300
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 94

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 84Volume 84 Biographies 9: Li, Mi · 1 passage

命護軍將軍田茂廣造雲三百具，以機發石，為攻城械，號「將軍砲」。 He ordered Protector-General Tian Maoguang to build three hundred cloud-ladders that launched stones by mechanism as siege engines, called "General's Catapults."