Tian Jun

Tian Jun (田頵) (858-December 30, 903), courtesy name Dechen (德臣), was a warlord late in the Chinese Tang Dynasty, who ruled Ningguo Circuit (寧國, headquartered in modern Xuancheng, Anhui) at its military governor (Jiedushi) from 892 to his death in 903. He was a childhood friend of the major warlord Yang Xingmi the military governor of Huainan Circuit (淮南, headquartered in modern Yangzhou, Jiangsu), served under Yang during various campaigns, and continued to be Yang's vassal after he became a military governor. However, he eventually became angry at Yang's refusal to support him in his own campaigns of expansion. In 903, he rebelled against Yang in conjunction with An Renyi (安仁義) the military prefect of Run Prefecture (潤州, in modern Zhenjiang, Jiangsu) and, for some time, posed a major threat to Yang's continued rule of Huainan, but was soon defeated by Yang's officer Tai Meng (臺濛) and killed in battle.

Tian Jun was born in 858, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong. He was from Lu Prefecture (廬州, in modern Hefei, Anhui), and, in his youth, established a deep friendship with Yang Xingmi, such that they agreed to become blood brothers. He was said to be somewhat capable at reading and understanding written works, and was said to be calm and ambitious. At one point, he became a soldier in the Lu Prefecture militia, and gradually became an officer.

In 884, by which time Yang Xingmin had become the prefect of Lu Prefecture, under Gao Pian the military governor of Huainan Circuit, Qin Zongquan, a rebel general then ruling Fengguo Circuit (奉國, headquartered in modern Zhumadian, Henan), sent his brother to attack Lu Prefecture. Yang sent Tian to repel the attack, and Tian did so.

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