Tian Zhongliang 田忠良

Other names

Career and standing

• yin-yang specialist and court diviner 陰陽家
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 10
• Directorate of Astronomy 司天
  AD 1270 to AD 1274 世祖召用至官之司天 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 203, passage 19

Places and affiliations

• Polity Jin 金 · Relation Lived under
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 7
• Polity Id yuan · Relation Served
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passages 10, 19
• At Zhaocheng in Pingyang 平陽趙城 · Relation Ancestral home
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 7
• AD 1277 至元十四年八月
  At north of Longxing 隆興北 · Relation Attended court at
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 50
• AD 1234 金亡
  At Zhongshan 中山 · Relation Relocated to
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 7
• At Shangdu 上都 · Relation Summoned regarding
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 42

Learning and skills

• Confucian and miscellaneous-school learning 儒家、雜家言
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 8
• Skill astronomy, calendrics, and dunjia 星曆、遁甲 · Level mastered
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passages 17-18
• Skill yin-yang arts 陰陽 · Level practitioner
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 10
• Skill divination 術 · Level renowned
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passages 11, 15, 21-22

Works and attributed material

• Memorial · Author
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passages 37, 45, 50-51
• Speech · Speaker
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passages 12, 15, 21, 23, 25, 28, 31-32, 40, 48, 56

Events and relationships

• Diagnosed imperial preceptor illness
  Divination · Diviner · With Imperial Preceptor (國師)
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passages 14-16
• Identified bayan as chosen general
  Divination · Diviner · With Bayan (伯顏) · At Willow Grove 柳林
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passages 24-26
• Identified hidden egg
  Divination · Diviner
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passages 11-13
• Inspected tombs and escaped rebel encirclement
  AD 1275 至元十二年五月 · Military · Commander · With Holihosun (和禮霍孫)
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passages 42-44
• Interpreted yellow river clearing for heir
  AD 1278 至元十五年三月 · Divination · Diviner · With Heir Apparent (皇太子)
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passages 53, 55-56
• Located lost prayer beads
  AD 1274 至元十一年八月 · Divination · Diviner
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passages 30-33

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment does-not-speak-idly · Mode named-speech Speaker Kublai Khan (世祖)
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 57
• Assessment indispensable-to-the-state · Mode named-speech Speaker Kublai Khan (世祖)
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 10
• Assessment miraculous-escape · Mode named-speech Speaker Holihosun (和禮霍孫)
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 44
• Assessment read-the-emperor-mind · Mode named-speech Speaker Kublai Khan (世祖)
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 26
• Assessment unmatched-among-directorate-students · Mode named-speech Speaker Liu Bingzhong (劉秉忠)
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 18
• AD 1275 至元十二年正月
  Item jade incense burner and ten bolts of gold brocade 玉香爐及金織文十匹 · Relation Bestowed
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 38

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 7