Tian Yue (田悅) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Tian Yue as a military officer, rebel, and warlord. This record brings together 7 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Tian Yue	田悅	Tian Yue
Personal name	Tian Yue	田悅	Tián Yuè
Personal name	Tian Yue	田悅	Tian Yue
Given	Yue	悅

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiutangshu:131:s0067, xintangshu:052:s0019, xintangshu:161:s0115

Roles

Military Officer
Rebel
Warlord

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 建中初 · Western Year: AD 780
Explicit · jiutangshu:131:s0162
Source Date: Text: 朱滔、王武俊、田悅合從而叛 · Western Interval: Start: AD 781 · End: AD 782
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:052:s0019
Source Date: Text: 滔助田悅 · Western Interval: Start: AD 783 · End: AD 784
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:161:s0115

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker
Explicit · jiutangshu:131:s0164

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: rebel · Action: joined rebellion with Zhu Tao and Wang Wujun
Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0019

References in the histories

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 131Volume 127 Biographies 77: Yao Lingyan, Zhang Guangcheng, Yuan Xiu, Qiao Lin, Zhang She, Jiang Zhen, Hong Jinglun, Peng Yan · 5 passages

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久之，移岳州。 After a long while he was transferred to Yue Prefecture.

泚悅其言，以休為宰相，判度支。 Ci was pleased with his words and made Xiu chancellor in charge of the treasury.

至東都，訪聞魏州田悅食糧兵凡七萬人，經綸素昧時機，先以符停其兵四萬人，令歸農畝。 When he reached the eastern capital he learned on inquiry that Tian Yue of Weizhou had grain-paid troops totaling seventy thousand men; Jinglun, who had never understood the times, first by writ halted forty thousand of his troops and ordered them back to the fields.

田悅偽順命，即依符罷之； Tian Yue feigned compliance and at once dismissed them according to the writ;

悅乃盡出家財衣服厚給之，各令還其部伍，自此人堅叛心，由是罷職。 Yue then gave out all his household wealth and clothing in generous gifts, had each return to his unit, and from this time men's hearts were set on rebellion; Jinglun was therefore removed from office.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 52Volume 52 Treatises 48: Finance and Economics 2 · 1 passage

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稅法既行，民力未及寬，而朱滔、王武俊、田悅合從而叛，用益不給，而借商之令出。 The new tax law had barely taken effect and the people had not yet felt relief when Zhu Tao, Wang Wujun, and Tian Yue rebelled together. Revenue fell short, and the court ordered loans from merchants.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 161Volume 161 Biographies 86: Zhang, Zhao, Li, Zheng, Xu, Wang, Feng, Yu · 1 passage

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滔助田悅，雲達諫，不從，遂棄室自歸。 When Tao aided Tian Yue, Yunda remonstrated; when his advice went unheeded, he abandoned his household and returned on his own.