Tian Chengsi

Tian Chengsi
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTián Chéngsì
Wade–GilesT‘ien Ch‘êng-ssu
Other names
Prince of Yanmen
Traditional Chinese雁門
鴈門
Simplified Chinese雁门
Literal meaningKing of Wild Goose Pass
Prince of Wild Goose Pass
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYànménwáng
Wade–GilesYen-mên Wang

Tian Chengsi (705 – March 4, 779),[1] formally the Prince of Yanmen, was a Chinese military general, monarch, and politician. He served as a military general in the Chinese Yan rebel state. who later submitted to and became a general of the Tang dynasty, from which Yan had rebelled. As was in the case of several other Yan generals who submitted to Tang but who had substantial army and territorial holdings, Tian was allowed to retain his command and territory, semi-independent from the Tang imperial government structure, and among these generals, he was particularly defiant of the Tang imperial government.

  1. ^ "中央研究院".