Song, Liao, and Jin · Commander at Lizhou

Wang Tiange 汪田哥

Wāng Tiángē

Attested AD 1252 - AD 1259

Passages: 8
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Tiange was a Commander at Lizhou.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1253 三年癸丑春正月
Directly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 63
AD 1258 八年戊午…冬十月
Directly stated · History of Yuan 3, passages 144, 175-176
AD 1258 八年戊午…十二月
Directly stated · History of Yuan 3, passages 144, 197
AD 1252 二年壬子…八月
Directly stated · History of Yuan 3, passages 51, 59
AD 1259 六月丁巳
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 3, passage 226
AD 1258 歲戊午
Directly stated · History of Yuan 161, passage 7

Key source chapters

Career and standing

commander (of Lizhou) 總帥
AD 1252 二年壬子…八月 · Ordered to hold Lizhou
Directly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 59

Places and affiliations

Yuan 元
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 3, passages 217, 226

Events and relationships

Built a pontoon bridge at the Baishui River at the Emperor's order and was granted gold and silk with his men
AD 1258 八年戊午…冬十月 · Engineering · Commander · With Möngke (蒙哥)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 177
Held Lizhou so ably that Shu did not dare attack, and was granted a cup of wine in commendation
AD 1258 八年戊午…冬十月 · Military · Commander · With Möngke (蒙哥)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 176
Night assault on outer wall cavalry fort
AD 1259 六月丁巳 · Military · Commander · At outer-wall Cavalry Fort 外城馬軍寨 · Outcome Killed fort commander and defenders · With Wang Jian (王堅)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 226
Remonstrated to spare
AD 1258 歲戊午 · Political · Intercessor · With Yang Dayuan (楊大淵)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 161, passage 7
Repaired Lizhou and opened fields for garrison farming, so that the people of Shu did not dare encroach
AD 1253 三年癸丑春正月 · Military · Commander · At Lizhou 利州
Directly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 63
Struck Xiangru and other counties with divided forces
AD 1258 八年戊午…十二月 · Military · Commander · At Xiangru 相如
Directly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 197

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Relation Military opponent of · Person Wang Jian (王堅)
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 3, passages 226-227

Assessments and attributes

AD 1258 八年戊午…冬十月
Assessment held Lizhou ably though its walls were not deep or strong, so that Shu never dared attack · Mode narrative-report
Directly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 176
AD 1258 八年戊午…冬十月
Item a jade belt 玉帶 · Relation Bestowed on him
Directly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 182

References in the histories

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History

8 passages

History of Yuan, Chapter 3Volume 3 Annals 3: Xianzong · 7 passages

八月，忽必烈次臨洮，命總帥汪田哥以城利州聞，欲為取蜀之計。 In the eighth month Kublai halted at Lintao and ordered the commander Wang Tiange to hold Lizhou as the first step toward taking Shu.

三年癸丑春正月，汪田哥修治利州，且屯田，蜀人莫敢侵軼。 In the third year (guichou), in the first month of spring, Wang Tiange repaired Lizhou and opened garrison farms; the people of Shu did not dare raid across the border.

癸未，如利州，觀其城池並非深固，以汪田哥能守，蜀不敢犯，賜卮酒獎諭之。 On guiwei day he entered Lizhou. The walls were neither deep nor strong, but Wang Tiange had held them so well that Shu had never dared strike; the Emperor raised a cup of wine in praise.

帝渡嘉陵江，至白水江，命田哥造浮梁以濟，梁成，賜田哥等金帛有差。 The Emperor crossed the Jialing to the Baishui and ordered Tiange to build a pontoon bridge. When it was ready he rewarded Tiange and his men with gold and silk in graded gifts.

賜田哥玉帶及犒賞士卒，留精兵五百守之。 Tiange received a jade belt and the troops were given bounty; five hundred picked men were left to hold the pass.

十二月壬午，楊大淵率所部兵與汪田哥分擊相如等縣。 On renwu day in the twelfth month Yang Dayuan and Wang Tiange split their forces to strike Xiangru and neighboring counties.

六月丁巳，汪田哥復選兵夜登外城馬軍寨，殺寨主及守城者。 In the sixth month, on dingsi day, Wang Tiange again handpicked a force that climbed the cavalry redoubt on the outer wall by night and killed its commander and the men holding it.

History of Yuan, Chapter 161Volume 161 Biographies 48: Yang Dayuan, Liu Zheng · 1 passage

憲宗命誅之，汪田哥諫止，乃免。 Xianzong ordered him put to death, but Wang Tiange intervened and persuaded him to desist, so Dayuan was spared.