Overview
Tian Chang was a Tian clan leader who killed Lord Jian of Qi.
PeriodAncient China
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 481 十五年Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 280
- BC 481 其後及田常殺簡公Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 64, passage 46
- BC 481 湣公二十一年Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 148
- BC 481 獻公十二年Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 62
- BC 481 田常Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 204
- BC 481 田常得政於齊Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 194
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- BC 481 田常篡齊Strongly inferred · Book of Han 75, passage 22
- BC 481 田常篡齊Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 170
- BC 481 齊田常弒其君簡公Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 106
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Ancestor of King Wei of Qi (齊威王)great-grandson 曾孫 · paternal line · 3 generationsDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 64, passage 47
- Parent of Child of Tian Changpaternal lineStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 64, passage 47
- Kinship Role descendants · flourished; many held land; hundred generations · Quantity hundred-generationsDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 194
Key source chapters
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 36 Houses of Chen and Qi 2 passages
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 64 Biography of Sima Rangju 2 passages
- Book of Han, Chapter 75 Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 1 passage
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 31 Genealogies: House of Wu Taibo 1 passage
- Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 34 House of Yan Shaogong 1 passage
Career and standing
- Qi magnate 田常Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 280
- killed Lord Jian 殺簡公Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 64, passage 46
Places and affiliations
- Polity Qi 齊 · Relation Associated withDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 64, passage 46
- Polity Qi 齊 · Relation Served
- Polity Qi 齊 · Relation UsurpedDirectly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 22; Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 170
- Polity Qi · Relation Ruled or servedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 148
- Organization Tian clan 田氏 · Relation Member ofDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 64, passage 46
Events and relationships
- Assassinated Duke JianDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 106
- AssassinatedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 62
- Exterminated the lineages of Gaozi and GuoziDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 64, passage 46
- Founded state line enduring hundred generationsPolitical · FounderDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 194
- Killed Lord JianDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 64, passage 46
- KilledDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 280
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- KilledDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 148
- Obtained government in QiBC 481 田常得政於齊 · Political · Power holder · At Qi 齊Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 194
- Usurped the throne of QiPolitical · UsurperDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 170
- UsurpedPolitical · Usurper · At Qi 齊Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 22
- BC 481 十五年Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 280
- Relation Subject of · Person Duke Jian of Qi (齊簡公)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 34, passage 62
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment descendants flourished with landholders not lacking · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Grand Historian (太史公)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 194
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 31, passage 280
- Value historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 112, passage 170
References in the histories
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