Tian Chengsi
Tian Chengsi (705 – March 4, 779), 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.
| Tian Chengsi | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 田承嗣 | ||||||||
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| Prince of Yanmen | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 雁門王 鴈門王 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 雁门王 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | King of Wild Goose Pass Prince of Wild Goose Pass | ||||||||
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