Qin and Han · Official

Tian Jia 田甲

Tián Jiǎ

Attested BC 154

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Tian Jia was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 154 吳楚反時
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 108, passage 24

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 108Biography of Han Changru · 5 passages

其後安國坐法抵罪，蒙獄吏田甲辱安國。 Later, Anguo was convicted of a crime and imprisoned. While in prison, the jailer Tian Jia humiliated him.

田甲曰：「然即溺之。」 Tian Jia said, "If they blaze, I will urinate on them."

田甲亡走。 Tian Jia fled in terror.

安國曰：「甲不就官，我滅而宗。」 Anguo said, "If Jia does not take up his post, I will exterminate his clan."

甲因肉袒謝。 Tian Jia accordingly bared his torso and prostrated himself in apology.