Person

Tian Rong

d. 205 BCE · 3rd century BCE

Tian Rong was a member of the royal Tian clan of Qi who led the revived state of Qi after the fall of the Qin. Left out of the Eighteen Kingdoms created by Xiang Yu in 206 BCE, he killed the new kings of Jiaodong and Jibei, drove out the king of Qi and reunited the three kingdoms under himself. Xiang Yu invaded in 205 BCE, and Tian Rong was killed as he fled.

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