Tian Shi (田式) | 24 Histories

Overview

Tian Shi was an official and General.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Xianbiao	顯標	Xianbiao

Life and dates

Death

AD 581 to AD 604 尋拜廣州總管，卒官
Died in office · At Guangzhou 廣州
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 92

Age

18
AD 557 to AD 560 周明帝時，年十八 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 64

Attested activity

AD 581 to AD 604 上知之……複其官爵
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 91
AD 580 以功拜大將軍，進爵武山郡公
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 70
AD 581 及受禪，拜襄州總管
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 71
AD 557 to AD 560 周明帝時，年十八
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 64
AD 581 to AD 604 尋拜廣州總管，卒官
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 92
AD 560 to AD 570 後數載，拜渭南太守
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 65

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AD 577 從帝平齊
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 68
AD 560 to AD 578 武帝聞而善之
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 67
AD 581 to AD 604 由是為上所譴
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passages 71, 82
AD 580 高祖總百揆，尉迥作亂鄴城
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 69

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Daughter of Tian Shi (田式之女)
daughter 女
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 74, passage 74
Child of Tian Changle (田長樂)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 62
Parent of Tian Xin (田信)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 87
Child of Tian Anxing (田安興)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 62
Kin of Du Ning (杜甯)
son-in-law 女婿 · Through Daughter of Tian Shi (田式之女)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 74

Kinship Role wife and children · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passages 83, 85

Career and standing

Great General 大將軍
AD 580 以功拜大將軍 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 70
Area Commander-in-Chief of Xiangzhou 襄州總管
AD 581 及受禪 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 71
Commander (dudu) 都督
AD 557 to AD 560 周明帝時，年十八 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 64
Area Commander-in-Chief of Guangzhou 廣州總管
AD 581 to AD 604 尋拜廣州總管 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 92
Governor of Weinan 渭南太守
AD 560 to AD 570 後數載 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passages 64-65
Governor of Yanzhou 延州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 67

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Superior Office-Opener 上開府
AD 577 從帝平齊，以功 · Granted
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 68
Grand Master Equal to the Three Ducal Ministers 儀同三司
AD 560 to AD 578 武帝聞而善之 · Promoted
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 67
governor of his home commandery 本郡太守
Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 66
former offices and ranks 官爵
Restored · Authority Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 91
Governor of Jianzhou 建州刺史
AD 577 從帝平齊 · Transferred
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 68
Duke of Wushan Commandery 武山郡公
AD 580 進爵武山郡公 · Advanced
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 70
Duke of Liangquan County 梁泉縣公
AD 577 改封梁泉縣公 · Changed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 68
Duke of Xindu County 信都縣公
AD 560 to AD 578 武帝聞而善之 · Granted
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 67
Duke of Liangquan County 梁泉縣公
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 68
Duke of Wushan Commandery 武山郡公
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 70
Duke of Xindu County 信都縣公
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 67
Reduced to
Commoner
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 82
Restored
Office and rank restored
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 91
flogging of fifty strokes 笞寧五十
Inflicted · With Du Ning (杜甯)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 76
struck from the rolls and reduced to commoner 除名為百姓
Suffered · Authority Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 82

Places and affiliations

AD 581 及受禪
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 71
AD 557 to AD 560 周明帝時
Polity Northern Zhou 周 · Relation Served
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 64
At Xiabang in Fengyi 馮翊下邦
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 61
AD 581 及受禪
At Xiangzhou 襄州 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 71
AD 560 to AD 570 後數載
At Weinan 渭南 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 65
At Guangzhou 廣州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 92

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At home commandery (Fengyi) 本郡 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 66
At Jianzhou 建州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 68
At Yanzhou 延州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 67

Learning and skills

Skill martial arts 武藝 · Level renowned
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 63
Skill boxing and physical courage 拳勇 · Level unmatched
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 63

Events and relationships

Asked the household for pepper in order to kill himself; the family refused
Personal · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 84
Commanded local militia
AD 557 to AD 560 周明帝時 · Military · Commander · Organization local militia / district troops 鄉兵
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 64
Confined corrupt officials and local bandits in a filthy dungeon until death
Legal · Judge
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 79
Drew a knife and hacked at Xin; the blade struck the threshold as Xin fled
Personal · Attacker
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 90
Followed the emperor in pacifying Qi
AD 577 從帝平齊 · Military · Subordinate commander · With Emperor Wu (武帝)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 68
Followed Wei Xiaokuan to attack Yuchi Jiong
AD 580 從韋孝寬擊之 · Military · Subordinate commander · With Wei Xiaokuan (韋孝寬)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 69

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Forbade Du Ning to go out
Personal · Host · With Du Ning (杜甯)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 74
Granted no leniency even to close kin who broke his rules
Legal · Judge
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 73
Had a favorite slave clubbed to death for brushing an insect from his collar
Legal · Authority
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passages 77-78
Had serious prisoners executed before proclaiming amnesty edicts
Legal · Authority
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 80
Held court outside with a fierce demeanor toward subordinates
Administrative · Area commander
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 72
Lay abed in fury
Personal · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 86
Refused food in shame and fury; raged when wife and children came; attended only by two slaves
Personal · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 83
Secretly sent attendant slaves to buy poison; wife and children seized and discarded it
Personal · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 85

Assessments and attributes

Assessment administration severe and fierce; clerks and people dared not break the law · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 65
Assessment cruel and severe to this degree · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 81
Assessment devoted himself solely to imposing authority; subordinates trembled and dared not look up · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passages 71-72
Assessment firm, resolute, skilled in martial arts, and unmatched in physical prowess · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 63
Assessment kin and friends withdrew; no pleas for favor succeeded · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 66