Tian Songyao, also Romanized as Tin Chung-yao (田颂尧 (1888–1975), was a warlord of the Sichuan clique,

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

general, later official of People's Republic of China. Tian Songyao was born on 1888 in

Jianyang, Sichuan Jianyang () is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu, in Sichuan Province, Southwest China. Situated only 48 kilometers south east of the city center (urban districts) of Chengdu, Jianyang is administ ...

. Tian joined the

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

Army and rose to command a Cavalry Regiment, of the 2nd Division, of its 1st Army. He also was the garrison commander of

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), alternatively romanized as Chengtu, is a sub-provincial city which serves as the capital of the Chinese pro ...

from 1916 to 1918. In 1918, Tian was promoted to command the Beijing Government's 41st Brigade of the 21st Division. Later the same year Tian became the 21st Division commander, a post which he held until 1925. In 1925, Tian became Deputy Head of Sichuan Province Military Affairs, and in 1926 the General commanding the North-western Sichuan Garrison and was given command of the 29th Army. From 1927 to 1928 he was a member of the National Military Council. From 1928 to 1933 he was the head of the Civil Administration Department and a committee Member of the Sichuan Provincial Government. In 1933, he returned to military affairs commanding Sichuan- Shanxi Border Area Bandit/Communist Suppression then from 1933 to 1935 he was the general commanding the 2nd Detachment, Sichuan Bandit Suppression Headquarters attempting with little success in stopping the

Long March The Long March (, lit. ''Long Expedition'') was a military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the National Army of the Chinese ...

that passed through Sichuan. In 1936 he was made a member of the National Military Council but was excluded from office and command from then on. This may have prompted him to revolt against the Nationalist Government in 1949. He later was a member of the Sichuan Provincial Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He died in Chengdu on 25 October 1975.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tian, Songyao 1888 births 1975 deaths Politicians from Chengdu Republic of China politicians from Sichuan National Revolutionary Army generals from Sichuan People's Republic of China politicians from Sichuan Republic of China people who surrendered to the Chinese Communist Party