Sui and Tang · General

Tian Bu 田布

Tián Bù

Attested AD 821

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Tian Bu was a general.

Life and dates

Death

Cause Suicide
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 14

Attested activity

AD 821 田布
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 13

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 185Volume 181 Biographies 131: Shi Xiancheng, Zi Xiaozhang, He Jintao, Han Yunzhong, Li Yanzhen, Luo Hongxin · 2 passages

朝廷以弘正子布為魏博節度使，領兵討伐，俾復父冤。 The court appointed Hongzheng's son Bu military governor of Wei-Bo and sent him to campaign against the rebels so he might avenge his father.

時幽州硃克融援助廷湊，布不能制，因自引決，軍情囂然。 Zhu Kerong of Youzhou was then supporting Tingcou. Bu could not bring the situation under control and took his own life, leaving the army in turmoil.