Tian Min (田敏) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Tian Min as a diplomat, envoy, named individual, and official. This record brings together 12 passages from 7 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Tian Min	田敏	Tian Min
Title	Director of the National University	國子祭酒
Given	Min	敏	Min
Given	Min	敏
Surname	Tian	田	Tian
Surname	Tian	田
Alternate	Tian Min	田敏	Tian Min
Personal	Tian Min	田敏
Personal name	Tian Min	田敏	Tian Min
Personal name	Tian Min	田敏	Tián Mǐn

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:143:s0007, jiuwudaishi:144:s0068, xinwudaishi:012:s0019
Sex: male
Explicit · xinwudaishi:011:s0072, xinwudaishi:034:s0070, xinwudaishi:069:s0062

Roles

Diplomat
Envoy
Named Individual
Official
Scholar

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 顯德四年夏四月 · Lunar Month: 4 · Season: summer · Western Year: AD 957
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:143:s0054
Source Date: Text: 太祖廟室樂章 · Western Interval: Start: AD 951 · End: AD 954
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:144:s0068
Source Date: Text: 廣順元年二月 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:011:s0072
Source Date: Text: 显德元年二月 · Western Year: AD 954
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:012:s0019
Source Date: Text: 晉高祖時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 936 · End: AD 942
Explicit · xinwudaishi:034:s0070
Source Date: Text: 漢遣使 · Western Year: AD 947
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:069:s0062
Source Date: Text: 顯德二年 · Western Year: AD 955
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:115:s0113

Career and standing

Label: Director of the Court of Imperial Rites / 太常卿 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:143:s0054, jiuwudaishi:143:s0064
Label: Director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices / 太常卿 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:144:s0068
Label: Director of the National University / 國子祭酒 · Action: held
Explicit · xinwudaishi:034:s0070
Label: Guozi libationer / 國子祭酒 · Action: held
Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0062
Label: Left Vice Director of the Secretariat / 尚書左丞 · Action: held
Explicit · xinwudaishi:011:s0072
Description: Minister of Imperial Sacrifices / 太常卿 · Western Year: AD 955
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:115:s0113

Works and attributed material

Work: hymns for Taizu's temple chamber / 太祖廟室樂章 · Relation: author
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:144:s0068
Work: Five Classics / 五經 · Relation: presented
Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0064
Description: proposed reducing the number of sacrificial animals / 奏請減祠祭犧牲之數 · Western Year: AD 955
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:115:s0113
Kind: memorial · Role: author
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:143:s0064, jiuwudaishi:143:s0065, jiuwudaishi:143:s0066, jiuwudaishi:143:s0067, jiuwudaishi:143:s0068, jiuwudaishi:143:s0069, jiuwudaishi:143:s0070, jiuwudaishi:143:s0071, jiuwudaishi:143:s0072, jiuwudaishi:143:s0073, jiuwudaishi:143:s0074, jiuwudaishi:143:s0075, jiuwudaishi:143:s0076, jiuwudaishi:143:s0077, jiuwudaishi:143:s0078, jiuwudaishi:143:s0079, jiuwudaishi:143:s0080, jiuwudaishi:143:s0081, jiuwudaishi:143:s0082, jiuwudaishi:143:s0083, jiuwudaishi:143:s0084
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Mode: quotation
Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0062, xinwudaishi:069:s0065, xinwudaishi:069:s0066

Events and relationships

Kind: ritual-judgment · Role: judge · Action: favored-chongyi-over-yin-zhuo
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:143:s0054, jiuwudaishi:143:s0055
Kind: recommendation · Role: recommender · Action: recommended-Shi-Ang · Other Person Id: Shi Ang (石昂)
Explicit · xinwudaishi:034:s0070
Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: sent-to-Khitan
Explicit · xinwudaishi:011:s0072

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 115Volume 115 Book of Later Zhou 17: Shizong Annals 2 · 1 passage

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八月癸卯，兵部尚書張昭、太常卿田敏等奏，議減祠祭所用犧牲之數，由是圜丘、方澤及太廟即用太牢，餘皆以羊代之。 On guimao in the eighth month War Minister Zhang Zhao, Imperial Sacrifices Minister Tian Min, and others proposed reducing sacrificial animals; thereafter the Circular Mound, Square Pond, and Imperial Temple retained the full offering, while all other rites used sheep instead.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 143Volume 143: Treatises 5 Rites 2 · 2 passages

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太常卿田敏以下議，以為尹拙所說雖有所據，而崇義援《周禮》正文，其理稍優，請從之。 Director of the Court of Imperial Rites Tian Min and his colleagues held that although Yin Zhuo's arguments had some basis, Chongyi's citation of the authoritative text of the Rites of Zhou was the stronger reasoning; they requested approval of his view.

是時太常卿田敏又奏云： At this time Director of the Court of Imperial Rites Tian Min also memorialized:

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 144Volume 144: Treatises 6 Music 1 · 1 passage

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〈（《五代會要》云：太祖廟室樂章，太常卿田敏撰。 (According to the Five Dynasties Institutional Compendium, the hymns for Taizu's temple chamber were composed by Director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices Tian Min.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 11Volume 11 Later Zhou Annals 2: Taizu · 1 passage

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丁巳，尚書左丞田敏使於契丹。 On dingsi Tian Min, Left Vice Director of the Secretariat, was dispatched to the Khitan.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 12Volume 12 Later Zhou Annals 3: Shizong, Emperor Gong · 1 passage

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丁卯，冯道为大行皇帝山陵使，太常卿田敏为礼仪使，兵部尚书张昭为卤簿使，御史中丞张煦为仪仗使，开封少尹权判府事王敏为桥道顿递使。 On dingmao Feng Dao was named mausoleum commissioner for the late emperor; Tian Min, Minister of Rites, oversaw ritual; Zhang Zhao, Minister of War, insignia; Zhang Xu, Vice Censor-in-Chief, ceremonial guards; and Wang Min, junior mayor of Kaifeng acting as mayor, bridges, roads, and relays.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 34Volume 34 Biographies of Recluses 14: Zhen Gao, Shi Ang, Cheng Fuyun, Li Zilun · 1 passage

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晉高祖時，詔天下求孝悌之士，戶部尚書王權、宗正卿石光贊、國子祭酒田敏、兵部侍郎王延等相與詣東上閤門，上昂行義可以應詔。 Under Gaozu of Jin, the court sought filial and dutiful men across the realm. Wang Quan, Minister of Revenue; Shi Guangzan, Director of the Imperial Clan Court; Tian Min, Director of the National University; Wang Yan, Vice Minister of War; and others went together to the Eastern Upper Gate and recommended Ang’s conduct as meeting the edict.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 69Volume 69: Hereditary House of Nanping · 5 passages

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漢遣國子祭酒田敏使於楚，假道荊南，從誨問敏中國虛實，以為契丹之後，兵食皆殫，意欲以誚敏，敏為言：「杜重威悉以晉戈甲降虜，虜置之鎮州，未嘗以北，而晉兵皆漢有也。」 Han sent the Guozi libationer Tian Min as envoy to Chu, traveling through Jingnan. Conghui asked about the central state's strength, assuming that after the Khitan invasion its armies and supplies were exhausted, and meant to mock him. Min replied, "Du Chongwei surrendered all Jin arms and armor to the invaders. The Khitans stored them at Zhen Prefecture and have never brought them north, while the Jin soldiers themselves are now Han's."

敏以印本《五經》遺從誨，從誨謝曰：「予之所識，不過《孝經》十八章爾。」 Min presented printed copies of the Five Classics. Conghui declined, saying, "All I know are the eighteen chapters of the Classic of Filial Piety."

敏曰：「至德要道，於此足矣。」 Min said, "The utmost virtue and the essential Way are fully contained in that."

敏因誦《諸侯章》曰：「在上不驕，高而不危，制節謹度，滿而不溢。」 Min then recited the chapter on feudal lords: "Not arrogant when above others, lofty yet not endangered, restraining oneself and observing measure, full yet not overflowing."

從誨以為譏己，即以大卮罰敏。 Conghui took this as a personal rebuke and immediately forced Min to drink a huge cup of wine as punishment.