田广 / Tian Guang (Qi King)
田广 / Tian Guang enters the wiki through Hanji 151 part 1 as 田荣’s son, installed by 田横 as Qi king after Tian Rong’s death. This page is disambiguated from 田光, the Yan elder connected to 荆轲.
In this source, Tian Guang’s importance is dynastic and tactical rather than personal. Tian Heng gathers scattered Qi soldiers, uses Tian Guang to preserve the restored Tian-line kingship, and continues resistance against 项羽 around 莒城 / 城阳. The move keeps 齐国 from becoming pacified after Tian Rong is killed.
The source uses Tian Guang’s installation to explain the timing of 彭城之战. Xiang Yu remains stuck trying to finish the Qi war while 刘邦 builds a coalition and moves on 彭城. Tian Guang therefore marks the point where Tian Rong’s personal defeat becomes a new Qi resistance center.
Hanji 162-3 brings Tian Guang back after the Chu-Han balance has shifted again. 郦食其 arrives at 临淄 and argues that the world is turning toward 刘邦 because Han rewards merit and Chu under 项羽 has lost legitimacy through broken promises, Yi Emperor’s death, and weak reward practice.
Tian Guang accepts the argument enough to send envoys to Liu Bang and seek reconciliation, and Qi relaxes its defenses while waiting for a Han settlement. This does not become a clean surrender branch because 韩信, urged by 蒯彻 / 蒯通, attacks despite Li Shiqi’s success. Tian Guang’s page therefore now links Qi’s anti-Chu resistance, its attempted diplomatic pivot to Han, and the danger created when Han military and diplomatic timing diverge.
Hanji 163 turns that timing divergence into open disaster. When Han Xin attacks after Qi has relaxed its defenses, Tian Guang and 田横 decide that Li Shiqi has deceived them and have him cooked when he cannot stop the army. Tian Guang then flees toward Gaomi and asks 项羽 for help, making Qi’s surrender failure part of both 军令同步失灵 and the wider Chu-Han eastern-front struggle.
Hanji 164-1 continues that flight after Qi’s Lixia defeat. Tian Guang abandons 临淄, retreats to Gaomi, and waits for Chu support. 项羽 sends 龙且 to join him, so Tian Guang’s position becomes the meeting point between Qi’s broken defense and the Chu rescue force that 韩信 begins to draw forward through feigned defeat.
Hanji 164-2 closes Tian Guang’s Qi kingship branch after 潍水之战. Once Long Ju is killed and the Chu rescue force scatters, Tian Guang flees again but is captured by Han Xin at Chengyang. His fall leaves 田横 to claim the Qi kingship briefly, turning Tian Guang from the restored Tian-line figurehead into the captured ruler whose defeat triggers the final pacification of Qi.
Connections
- Hanji 164-2, 潍水之战, 韩信, 龙且, and 田横 - Chu rescue defeat, flight, capture, and succession attempt.
- Hanji 164-1, 临淄, 龙且, 韩信, and 战场信息控制 - retreat to Gaomi and the opening of the Long Ju rescue trap.
- Hanji 162-3, 郦食其, 刘邦, 韩信, and 蒯彻 / 蒯通 - persuasion, attempted reconciliation, and renewed attack.
- 田荣 - father whose death leaves a restored-Qi succession problem.
- 田横 - uncle or senior Tian-line actor who installs him and leads the resistance.
- 齐国 and 莒城 / 城阳 - polity and resistance base in the source.
- 项羽 - opponent whose time is consumed in Qi.
- 彭城之战 and 联军战后安排失败 - strategic consequence of renewed Qi resistance.