Tian Shenggong (田神功)

Overview

The translated histories identify Tian Shenggong as a general. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Tian Shenggong	田神功	Tian Shenggong

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Uncertain

Roles

General

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 討展 · Western Year: AD 760
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:141:s0048

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 141Volume 141 Biographies 66: Cui, Deng, Wei, Wei, Li Han, Lu, Gao · 2 passages

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景山逆擊不勝，奔壽州，因引平盧節度副使田神功討展。 Jingshan met him in attack and was defeated; he fled to Shouzhou and then brought in Pinglu deputy military governor Tian Shenggong to attack Zhan.

神功兵至揚州，大掠居人，發冢墓，大食、波斯賈胡死者數千人。 When Shenggong's army reached Yangzhou, they greatly plundered the inhabitants and opened graves; several thousand Sogdian and Persian merchants were among the dead.