Tang Zi 唐咨

Tang Zi was originally a man of Licheng. During the Huangchu era, Licheng Commandery rebelled, killed its Administrator Xu Ji and made Tang Zi its leader. When Cao Pi sent several armies to attack and crush them, Tang Zi fled to the sea and in the end escaped to Wu. Records, Wei 28 §46

In the 4th year of Jiahe (235), when bandits rose all at once in Luling, Kuaiji and Nanhai, Sun Quan had Lü Dai lead Tang Zi and others to attack them separately, and the ringleaders Li Huan, Luo Li and others were all beheaded or captured. The Biography of the Lord of Wu records that in the 2nd month of the 5th year of Jiahe (236) the general Tang Zi captured Luo Li and others. Records, Wu 15 §39Records, Wu 2 §80

In winter of the 2nd year of Chiwu (239) the Area Commander Liao Shi killed Yan Gang, Administrator of Linhe, and others, styled himself General Who Pacifies the South, attacked Lingling and Guiyang, and stirred up Cangwu, Yulin and other commanderies of Jiao Province. Sun Quan sent the generals Lü Dai and Tang Zi against him, and in a little over a year they crushed them all. The Biography of Lü Dai records that Sun Quan sent Tang Zi and other generals one after another, and that after a year of fighting Liao Shi was beheaded. Records, Wu 2 §93Records, Wu 15 §41

Wu Can and Tang Zi attacked Dong Si, a bandit leader who had been plundering Yuzhang and Linchuan, with 3,000 troops, but could not take his stronghold for several months. Zhou Fang submitted a memorial to have the troops withdrawn, and used spies to lure Dong Si out and kill him. Records, Wu 15 §73–74

In the 1st year of Jianxing (252), when Zhuge Ke rebuilt the great dike at Dongxing, Hu Zun and others of Wei came to attack. Zhuge Ke raised 40,000 troops and hastened day and night to the rescue, making Liu Zan, Lü Ju, Tang Zi and Ding Feng the front division, and the Biography of Ding Feng records that Ding Feng climbed up the west side of the hill together with Tang Zi, Lü Ju, Liu Zan and others. Records, Wu 19 §28–29Records, Wu 10 §99

In the 1st year of Taiping (256) Sun Jun, following Wen Qin's plan to attack Wei, in the 8th month first sent Wen Qin, Lü Ju, Zhu Yi and the General of the Front Tang Zi from Jiangdu into the region of the Huai and Si rivers. In the 9th month Sun Jun died and his cousin Sun Chen took his place; Lü Ju, Wen Qin, Tang Zi and others recommended Teng Yin as Chancellor, but Sun Chen would not listen. When Lü Ju turned his army back to attack Sun Chen, Sun Chen sent an edict ordering Wen Qin, Tang Zi and others to seize Lü Ju. Records, Wu 3 §12–13Records, Wu 19 §76 · 80

In the 5th month of the 2nd year of Ganlu (257), when Zhuge Dan of Wei rebelled and sent his son Zhuge Jing to Wu to ask for help, in the 6th month Wu had Wen Qin, Tang Zi, Quan Duan and others lead 30,000 infantry and cavalry to his relief. Wang Ji, General Who Guards the South, had just arrived and surrounded Shouchun, but the encirclement was not yet closed, so Tang Zi, Wen Qin and the others, making use of the hills and rugged terrain on the northeast side of the city, led their men through into the city. Records, Wei 28 §35–36Records, Wu 3 §16

Sima Zhao surrounded Shouchun with 260,000 troops in a double ring, inner and outer. Zhu Yi of Wu came to the rescue but was repeatedly beaten back, and Quan Yi and others, taken in by Sima Zhao's stratagem of sowing discord, opened the city gate and went out with several thousand men. In the 1st month of the 3rd year of Ganlu (258), Zhuge Dan, Wen Qin, Tang Zi and others built siege engines on a large scale and attacked the southern siege lines day and night for five or six days, but the troops on the siege lines burned the engines with catapults and fire arrows and poured down crossbow bolts and stones like rain, and they withdrew into the city. Records, Wei 28 §37–39

When the grain in the city ran out, Zhuge Dan killed Wen Qin, and Wen Qin's sons Wen Yang and Wen Hu went over to Wei, so that the city was shaken, and Zhuge Dan, Tang Zi and the others were at the end of their wits and strength. Sima Zhao came to the siege lines in person and had the walls scaled from all sides; Zhuge Dan, slipping out through a small gate, was killed by Hu Fen's troops, and Tang Zi, Wang Zuo and the subordinate generals all surrendered with their hands bound behind them. Records, Wei 28 §39–42

Chen Shou wrote that with Zhuge Dan and Wen Qin killed and Tang Zi also captured, all three rebels were taken, to the delight of the whole realm. Wei made Tang Zi General Who Pacifies Distant Lands and gave titles and ranks to all the other subordinate generals as well, so that the Wu troops were pleased and submitted, and Jiangdong too was moved by this and did not put any of their families to death. Records, Wei 28 §46–47

After the fall of Shouchun, Sima Zhao wanted to send generals deep into Wu with light forces to call over and welcome the sons and younger brothers of Tang Zi and the others, and to take advantage of the opening to overturn Wu. When Wang Ji remonstrated that one must not take the enemy lightly after a great victory, Sima Zhao gave up the idea. Records, Wei 27 §68–70

In winter of the 3rd year of Jingyuan (262), when Sima Zhao, intending to attack Shu, made Zhong Hui General Who Guards the West, he had the various provinces build ships and had Tang Zi build large ships for crossing the sea, so that outwardly it looked as though he meant to attack Wu. The proclamation Zhong Hui issued on the campaign against Shu said that Wen Qin and Tang Zi had been a great bane to the state, yet Tang Zi, captured when driven into a corner, and Wen Qin's two sons, who came back and surrendered, had all been made generals and enfeoffed as marquises, and Tang Zi even took part in affairs of state. The Records does not record Tang Zi's death. Records, Wei 28 §102 · 111 · 45–47