Tong Guan

Song Dynasty court eunuch, military general and politician (1054-1126)
Person human Q707756
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Tong Guan

Summary

Tong Guan is a human[1]. He was born in Kaifeng[2]. He was born on +1054-00-00T00:00:00Z[3]. He died on +1126-00-00T00:00:00Z[4]. He worked as a military personnel[5] and politician[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month, #7,292 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Born in Kaifeng[2], Tong Guan…
  • Tong Guan was born on +1054-00-00T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Tong Guan died on +1126-00-00T00:00:00Z[4].
  • Tong Guan held citizenship in Northern Song dynasty[8].
  • Chinese was Tong Guan's native language[9].
  • Tong Guan's professions included military personnel[5].
  • Tong Guan worked as a politician[6].
  • Tong Guan is recorded as male[10].
  • Tong Guan's instance of is recorded as human[11].
  • Tong Guan's ancestral home is recorded as Kaifeng Xian[12].
  • Tong Guan's ISNI is recorded as 0000000063950004[13].
  • Tong Guan's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 4469609[14].
  • Tong Guan's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no00009848[15].
  • Tong Guan's part of is recorded as Six Thieves[16].
  • Tong Guan's Commons category is recorded as Tong Guan[17].
  • Tong Guan's CBDB ID is recorded as 0008124[18].
  • The cause of death was decapitation[19].
  • Tong Guan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08fmfy[20].
  • Tong Guan's family name is recorded as Tong[21].
  • Tong Guan's NLA Trove people ID is recorded as 1385406[22].
  • Tong Guan's described by source is recorded as History of Song[23].
  • Tong Guan's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Chinese[24].
  • Tong Guan's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '童貫'}[25].
  • Tong Guan's courtesy name is recorded as 道輔[26].
  • Tong Guan's courtesy name is recorded as 道通[27].

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Origins and Family

Born in Kaifeng[2], Tong Guan… he was born on +1054-00-00T00:00:00Z[3]. Chinese was his native language[9].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include military personnel[5] and politician[6].

Death and Burial

Tong Guan died on +1126-00-00T00:00:00Z[4]. The cause of death was decapitation[19].

Why It Matters

Tong Guan ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month, #7,292 of 1,000,298).[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] He is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

Where was Tong Guan born?

Born in Kaifeng[2], Tong Guan…

What did Tong Guan do for work?

Tong Guan worked as military personnel[5] and politician[6].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . China Biographical Database. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . China Biographical Database. wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] . China Biographical Database. wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . History of Song. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] . wikidata.org.
  17. [4] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . China Biographical Database. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . China Biographical Database. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . China Biographical Database. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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