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Tian Xiong was a Ming-Qing Zhejiang Commander.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 248Volume 248 Biographies 35: Xu Dingguo, Zuo Menggeng, Tian Xiong, Zhang Tianlu, Sun Kewang · 10 passages
田雄，直隸宣化人。
Tian Xiong was a native of Xuanhua in Zhili.
巴牙喇纛章京圖賴督兵截江斷道，雄、得功縛福王及其妃來獻，豫親王令以原銜從征。
Baturu banner commander Tulai led troops to block the river and cut off the route of escape. Xiong and Degong bound the Prince of Fu and his consort and presented them in submission. Prince Yu ordered both men to follow the campaign retaining their former titles.
尋授雄杭州總兵，得功鎮江總兵。
Soon afterward Xiong was appointed regional commander of Hangzhou and Degong regional commander of Zhenjiang.
雄佐總督張存仁、梅勒章京珠瑪喇，駐軍杭州。
Xiong served under Governor Zhang Cunren and Meile banner commander Zhumarha, garrisoning at Hangzhou.
時明魯王以海稱「監國」紹興，乘間渡錢塘江窺杭州，雄與存仁、珠瑪喇等屢擊破之。
At that time the Ming Prince of Lu Zhu Yihai styled himself "Regent of the State" at Shaoxing. Seizing an opportunity, he crossed the Qiantang River to threaten Hangzhou. Xiong, together with Cunren, Zhumarha, and others, repeatedly drove him back.
明魯王與其臣阮進、張名振等據舟山，雄與固山額真金礪以舟師出海擒進，遂破舟山，隳其城，名振擁魯王入海。
The Ming Prince of Lu, together with his ministers Ruan Jin, Zhang Mingzhen, and others, held Zhoushan. Xiong and banner commander Jin Kan led a fleet to sea, captured Jin, broke Zhoushan, and razed its walls. Mingzhen then escorted the Prince of Lu out to sea.
雄預治戰艦攻具，分兵遣裨將扼要隘，通聲援，而以舟師會伊爾德擊思，以橫洋、金塘為舟山要路，分兵擊破之。
Xiong prepared warships and siege equipment in advance, sent lieutenant generals with detachments to hold strategic passes and keep lines of communication open, and joined Yeerde's fleet in the attack on Ruan Si. He identified Hengyang and Jintang as the key approaches to Zhoushan and sent columns to break them.
兵部劾雄，上命寬之。
The Board of War impeached Xiong, but the emperor ordered that he be treated leniently.
十六年，成功兵攻太平，擊卻之。
In the sixteenth year Chenggong's army attacked Taiping, and Xiong drove it back.
復攻寧波，雄督戰，分三路進剿，成功兵引退。
When they attacked Ningbo again, Xiong directed the fighting and advanced in three columns. Chenggong's forces withdrew.