CIVILIZATION DOSSIER
Tong Guan童贯
Military Commissioner of the Eastern Hall, discussing military affairs with Cai Jing.
- DIRECT FIGURES
- 12
- RELATION RECORDS
- 16
- SOURCE WORKS
- 1
RELATIONSHIP COMPASS
Tong Guan, and the people around them.
Open one chapter at a time. Each chapter gives the relationship first, then the source text behind it.
01ALLEGIANCEAllegiance
Rulers, appointments and allegiance
7 figures · 8 records＋
Allegiance
Rulers, appointments and allegiance
Emperor Huizong of Song→Tong Guanappoint
Cai Jing→Tong Guanfellow officials
Emperor Qinzong of Song→Tong Guandemote
Cai You—Tong Guancolleague
Guo Yaoshi→Tong Guanrevere
Zhong Shidao→Tong Guanadmonish
02CONFLICTConflict
Battles, captures and defeat
7 figures · 7 records＋
Conflict
Battles, captures and defeat
Cai Jing—Tong Guanaccomplice
Source record
Li Gang—Tong Guanrival
Zhong Shidao→Tong Guanrefuse office
Yang Shi→Tong Guanrequest legal punishment
He Guan→Tong Guanrefuse office
03THE UNSEENMythic acts
Transformation, aid and divine punishment
1 figure · 1 record＋
Mythic acts
Transformation, aid and divine punishment
Cai Jing→Tong Guancollude
12 key relationships are shown here. The complete record remains below.
In history · History of Song
A eunuch of the Northern Song Dynasty, advocated forming an alliance with the Jin to attack the Liao. A eunuch who held military power, was enfeoffed as a prince, and later defeated. A eunuch, Pacification and Control Commissioner, led troops to suppress Fang La, and later was enfeoffed as a prince.
In fiction ·
Military Commissioner of the Eastern Hall, discussing military affairs with Cai Jing. An official of the Bureau of Military Affairs, discussing suppression with Gao Qiu. Military Commissioner, appointed as Grand Marshal to campaign against Liangshan.
History vs. fiction
枢密使
- attested平定方腊
Water Margin downplays the achievements of the government army in suppressing the rebellion; according to the "History of Song: Biography of Tong Guan," Tong Guan, as the Pacification Commissioner of Jiangzhe, was actually the commander who led troops to quell the Fang La uprising. The original text states: "蔡京、童贯主之。" ("History of Song: Biography of Hou Meng")
- novel invention征讨梁山
The novel fictionalizes that Tong Guan led an army to campaign against Liangshan and returned in defeat. The "History of Song: Eunuch Biographies" records that Tong Guan held military power, provoked border conflicts, and was eventually executed, with no mention of a campaign against Song Jiang; the "Annals of Emperor Huizong" records that the one who suppressed and captured Song Jiang was Zhang Shuye, the prefect of Haizhou, not a high-ranking minister of the Privy Council level personally leading the expedition. The original text states: "Song Jiang rose from the north of the Yellow River, raiding ten commanderies in succession, and the government troops dared not confront his sharp edge." Afterward, "Jiang then surrendered." ("History of Song: Biography of Zhang Shuye")
Relationship network
Original text (2)
帝令童贯行边
贯不受命而奉上皇南巡
Original relation: accompany · History of Song, 宦者传三
Original text (2)
亟遣童贯、谭稹为宣抚制置使
徽宗任宦竖起边衅
Original relation: employ · History of Song, 种世衡古谔谊朴师道师中传
Original text (2)
十一月辛卯，童贯自节度使、开府仪同三司、陕西河东河北宣抚使除签书枢密院事。
以武信军节度使童贯为太尉
Original text (1)
京与游，不舍昼夜
Original text (1)
初贬左卫上将军，连谪昭化军节度副使
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陈东上书，乞诛蔡京、蔡攸、童贯、朱勔、高俅、卢宗原等。
Original text (1)
童贯伐燕，以攸副宣抚
Original text (1)
太师，父也。药师唯拜我父，焉知其他？
Original text (1)
Original text (1)
贯谋伐燕，使师道尽护诸将。师道谏曰
Original text (1)
当正典刑，以为臣子不忠之戒。
Original text (1)
见童贯不拜，贯憾焉
Original text (1)
数蔡京、童贯、王黼、梁师成、李彦、朱勔罪
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Original text (1)
童贯与语，大奇之，载与归，易姓名曰李良嗣。