Tian Dan
Tian Dan (田儋, ? – 208 BCE) was a figure of the late Qin dynasty. Taking advantage of the chaos at the end of the Qin, he rebelled against Qin, re-established the state of Qi and became its king, but was defeated by the Qin general Zhang Han (章邯) and died. He is said to be a descendant of the royal f
Born~Died date unknown ~ 208 BCELast edited Oct 15, 2026, 2:51 PM
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- Born ~ Died
- date unknown ~ 208 BCE
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- 기원전 208년
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Tian Dan (田儋, ? – 208 BCE) was a figure of the late Qin (秦) state. Taking advantage of the chaos at the end of the Qin, he rebelled against Qin, re-established the state of Qi and became its king, but was defeated by the Qin general Zhang Han (章邯) and died. He is said to be a descendant of the royal family of the Tian Qi (田齊).
Career
Originally a man of Dixian (狄縣) in the former Qi (齊) state, he formed a power base together with his capable younger cousins Tian Rong (田榮) and Tian Heng (田橫) and a strong clan.
In the first year of the Second Emperor (二世皇帝) (209 BCE), the peasants Chen Sheng (陳勝) and Wu Guang (吳廣) rose in arms against Qin, established the Zhang Chu (張楚), and attacked various regions of Qin. In the 10th month of the first year of the Second Emperor (208 BCE), Zhou Fu (周巿), who had attacked the area of the former Wei (魏) state, attacked Dixian; Tian Dan used a stratagem to arrange a meeting with the county magistrate who was resisting Zhou Fu, and killed the magistrate. He then proclaimed himself king of Qi, led the troops of Dixian to drive out Zhou Fu's army, and also took possession of the eastern territory of Qi.12
When Zhang Chu suffered repeated defeats at the hands of Zhang Han's suppression forces and Chen Sheng also fled, some of Zhang Chu's generals, who did not know whether Chen Sheng was alive or dead, enthroned Jing Ju (景駒) as King of Chu in the eighth month of the second year of the Second Emperor. In the following month, Jing Ju sent the envoy Gongsun Qing (公孫慶) to Tian Dan to request that they attack Qin together, but the two quarreled over the fact that each had not been recognized as king before the other, and Tian Dan killed Gongsun Qing.32
In the sixth month of the second year of the Second Emperor, attacked the King of Wei, (魏咎), and besieged him at Linji (臨濟). Tian Dan set out to rescue Wei, but was defeated by a night raid by Zhang Han and died at Linji. Tian Rong fled to Dong'a (東阿), and in Qi, Tian Jia (田假), younger brother of the former King of Qi (田建), was enthroned as King of Qi; Tian Rong attacked Tian Jia, drove him out, and set up Tian Fu (田不), son of Tian Dan, as king.
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