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China: Lacquer and gilt wooden figure of General Tian Hongzheng (764-821) seated in a chair wearing the robe and cap of a Tang Dynasty civil servant. The chair bears the inscription 'Hongshen Gong'. Southern China, Qing Dynasty

China: Lacquer and gilt wooden figure of General Tian Hongzheng (764-821) seated in a chair wearing the robe and cap of a Tang Dynasty civil servant. The chair bears the inscription 'Hongshen Gong'. Southern China, Qing Dynasty

Tian Hongzheng, courtesy name Andao, formally Duke Zhongmin of Yi, was a general of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty.

Under his governance, Weibo Circuit (headquartered in modern Handan, Hebei), which had not been under imperial control for decades, submitted to imperial control.