Ancient China · Philosopher and Writer

Tian Pian 田駢

Died BC 283

Passages
4
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Tian Pian as a philosopher, scholar, and writer. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Tian Pian 田駢 Tian Pian
Personal name Tian Pian 田駢 Tian Pian

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Philosopher
  • Scholar
  • Writer

Life and dates

Death

  • Statement: had already died by the time of King Xiang of Qi / 皆已死齊襄王時 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 齊襄王時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 283 · End: BC 265
    Explicit · shiji:074:s0081

Attested activity

  • Western Interval: Start: BC 320 · End: BC 280 · Source Date: Text: 田駢、接子,齊人。
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:074:s0068, shiji:074:s0047
  • Source Date: Text: 齊襄王時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 283 · End: BC 265
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:074:s0081

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Belief: Huang-Lao and Dao De arts / 黃老道德之術 · Relation: studied
    Explicit · shiji:074:s0070

Works and attributed material

  • Work: writings/treatises / 所論 · Relation: author
    Explicit · shiji:074:s0071

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 74Biographies of Mengzi and Xun Qing · 4 passages