[ Inspector of Xuzhou. Fought violently with Cao Cao. Died of illness.
Officer Details
Wade-Giles: T‘ao Ch‘ien (Kung-tsu)
Simplified Chinese: 陶谦 (恭祖)
Min-Nan: To Kiam (Bun-couw)
Birthplace: Danyang
Rank and Titles
Imperial Secretariat; County Magistrate; Magistrate; Inspector of Yu; Inspector of Xuzhou; Imperial Protector of Xuzhou; General of the East; Marquis of Liyang
Family and Relationships
Tao Shang, Tao Ying (Sons)
Fact vs. Fiction
Differences Between Fact and Common Fiction
- Threatened historically to put a later adviser of Sun Ce’s, Lü Fan, to torture. Was probably not the benevolent ruler as he appears to be in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
- Tao Qian did not offer Xuzhou to Liu Bei, let alone three times. He did, however, explain to his subordinates that only Liu Bei could restore order to Xuzhou. Kong Rong and Chen Deng asked him to govern.
Literary Appearances
Romance of the Three Kingdoms: 5, 10, 11, 12, 15, 120
Search Results
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