Region: China · Coordinates: 34.550, 110.300 · 28 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 211 | Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) | Ma Chao, Han Sui and others were stationed at Tongguan, and Cao Cao campaigned west and faced them across the pass. |
| AD 211 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | In the eighth month Cao Cao reached Tongguan and camped facing Ma Chao and others across the pass. Secretly he sent Xu Huang and Zhou Ling with four thousand troops to cross at Puban and camp in Hexi. In the intercalary month, when Cao Cao left the pass and crossed north, he stayed alone with a hundred-odd guards at Nan'an to cover the rear, and Ma Chao attacked with over ten thousand horsemen, arrows falling like rain. |
| AD 354 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | While the Qin Crown Prince Fu Chang and others blocked Huan Wen and reached Tongguan, Huan Wen's army was defeated many times, losing tens of thousands. |
| AD 393 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | When the Di leader Yang Fosong rebelled and fled to Later Qin, Yang Quanqi and Zhao Mu pursued and in the ninth month, day bingxu, at Tongguan they broke Yang Fosong. |
| AD 417 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Wang Zhen'e crushed Yao Shao at Tongguan. |
| AD 417 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | In the third month Tan Daoji and Shen Linzi reached Tongguan; Qin Duke of Lu Shao led his troops out to fight, broke them greatly, and beheaded or captured several thousand. |
| AD 450 | Book of Song (Songshu), Annals | It then attacked and took Guan City (Tongguan) (intercalary month). |
| AD 528 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Yuan Zhi takes Tongguan and enters Hedong. |
| AD 534 | Book of Zhou (Zhoushu), Imperial Annals | Qi Shenwu (Gao Huan) raids and takes Tongguan, invading as far as Huayin; Yuwen Tai camps at Bashang to face him, attacks Xue Jin and takes 7,000 prisoners |
| AD 537 | Book of Zhou (Zhoushu), Imperial Annals | Yuwen Tai secretly leaves Chang'an with 6,000 cavalry, defeats Dou Tai of Eastern Wei at Xiaoguan, captures over 10,000 men and kills Dou Tai |
| AD 537 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Yuwen Tai of Western Wei crushes Dou Tai of Eastern Wei at Fengling, and Dou Tai kills himself (Battle of Xiaoguan). |
| AD 564 | Book of Zhou (Zhoushu), Imperial Annals | Emperor Wu, at the ancestral temple, gives Yuwen Hu the axe and banner for the campaign on Qi; Yuwen Hu marches to Tongguan, Quan Jingxuan to Yuzhou, and Yang Xin to Zhiguan |
| AD 756 | Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals | Geshu Han was captured by his subordinate Huoba Guiren and surrendered to the enemy, and Tongguan could not be held. |
| AD 756 | New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals | Huoba Guiren captured Geshu Han and surrendered to An Lushan; Tongguan fell. |
| AD 756 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | In 756 (Xinmao day), Qian You advances to Tongguan and takes it. |
| AD 880 | Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals | Huang Chao's army occupied Tongguan. |
| AD 880 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Huang Chao's troops attack Tongguan from both sides and annihilate the soldiers on the pass. |
| AD 909 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Liu Xun attacks Tongguan and takes it, capturing Liu Zhihuan. |
| AD 948 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Wang Yu, military inspector of Shanzhou, recaptured Tong Pass. |
| AD 1129 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | In the first month, Shao Xing, Shaanxi Tongzhi of Zhenxi, fought Jin at Tongguan and won; pressing on, he attacked and took Guozhou. |
| AD 1216 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | The Great Yuan army attacked Tongguan, and Ni Pang Gu Pu Lu Hu, Jiedushi of the Xi'an Army, died. |
| AD 1216 | History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals | The Mongol army passed through Western Xia into Guanzhong, crossed Tong Pass, captured the Jin military governor of Xi'an, took Ruzhou and others, and reached near the border before turning back. |
| AD 1221 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | Mongol troops took Tongguan and Jingzhao; by imperial edict the Secretariat and Chancery were ordered to deliberate on countermeasures. |
| AD 1356 | History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals | Bandits Li Wu and Cui De of Ruzhou and Yingzhou break through Tongguan; Vice Councilor Shulü Jie dies in battle |
| AD 1368 | History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals | Feng Sheng took Tongguan; Li Siqi and Zhang Sidao fled. |
| AD 1368 | History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals | Ming troops enter Tongguan and attack Li Sizhi's camp; Li Siqi abandons his supplies and flees to Fengxiang |
| AD 1643 | History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals | Li Zicheng took Tongguan, and Commander-in-Chief Sun Chuanting was killed in action. |
| AD 1645 | Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) | Ajige and Nikan led their troops to Tongguan, where the enemy general Ma Shiyao surrendered, then was executed when found disloyal. |