Qin and Han · Qi General

Tian Xi 田吸

First attested BC 204; died BC 203

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Tian Xi was a Qi General.

Life and dates

Death

BC 203 灌嬰破殺田吸於千乘
Directly stated · Book of Han 42, passage 94
Killed in battle · At Qiancheng 千乘 · Killed by Guan Ying (灌嬰)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 94, passage 65

Attested activity

BC 203 灌嬰破殺田吸於千乘
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 42, passage 94
BC 204 破殺齊將田吸於千乘
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 94, passage 65

Key source chapters

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 42Volume 33: Wei Bao, Tian Dan and Hán Xin (King of Han) · 1 passage

韓信已殺龍且，因進兵破殺田既於膠東，灌嬰破殺齊將田吸於千乘，遂平齊地。 After Han Xin had killed Long Ju, he advanced and defeated and killed Tian Ji in Jiaodong. Guan Ying also defeated and killed the Qi general Tian Xi at Qiancheng, and Qi territory was thereby pacified.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 94Biography of Tian Dan, King of Qi · 1 passage

韓信已殺龍且，因令曹參進兵破殺田既於膠東，使灌嬰破殺齊將田吸於千乘。 After Han Xin killed Long Ju, he sent Cao Shen to advance into Jiaodong and destroy Tian Ji, and dispatched Guan Ying to defeat and kill the Qi general Tian Xi at Qiancheng.