Ancient China · Aristocrat

Tian Wen 田文

Attested BC 395 - BC 370

Passages
11
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Tian Wen as an aristocrat, official, and statesman. This record brings together 11 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Tian Wen 田文 Tian Wen
Title Chancellor Tian Wen 相田文
Title Lord Mengchang 孟嘗君 Mengchang jun
Personal name Tian Wen 田文 Tián Wén
Personal name Wen

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 愛客 · Western Year: c. BC 279
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:014:s0262
  • Source Date: Text: 相田文 · Western Interval: Start: BC 395 · End: BC 370
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:065:s0116, shiji:065:s0131

Career and standing

Works and attributed material

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 14Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 65Biographies of Sun Tzu and Wu Qi · 10 passages