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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 104 Biography of Tian Shu · 7 passages
數歲，坐太子事。
Some years later, he became entangled in the affair of the Crown Prince.
時左相自將兵，令司直田仁主閉守城門，坐縱太子，下吏誅死。
At the time, the Left Chancellor personally took command of the troops and ordered the Director of Justice, Tian Ren, to close and guard the city gates. Tian Ren was convicted of allowing the Crown Prince to escape, handed over to the judicial officials, and put to death.
其後逢太子有兵事，丞相自將兵，使司直主城門。
Later, the crisis came when the Crown Prince took up arms. The Chancellor personally led troops and ordered the Director of Justice to take charge of guarding the city gates.
司直以為太子骨肉之親，父子之閒不甚欲近，去之諸陵過。
The Director of Justice felt that since the Crown Prince was the emperor's own flesh and blood, this was a dispute between father and son that he had no wish to be drawn into. He left his post and detoured past the imperial tombs.
是時武帝在甘泉，使御史大夫暴君下責丞相「何為縱太子」，丞相對言「使司直部守城門而開太子」。
At the time, Emperor Wu was at the Ganquan Palace. He dispatched Grand Censor Bao Shengzhi to reprimand the Chancellor: "Why did you allow the Crown Prince to escape?" The Chancellor replied in his defense: "I assigned the Director of Justice to guard the city gates, but he opened them and let the Crown Prince through."
是時任安為北軍使者護軍，太子立車北軍南門外，召任安，與節令發兵。
At that time, Ren An was serving as the Protector General dispatched to the Northern Army. The Crown Prince halted his carriage outside the south gate of the Northern Army camp, summoned Ren An, and presented him with an imperial tally ordering him to mobilize the troops.
任安笞辱北軍錢官小吏，小吏上書言之，以為受太子節，言「幸與我其鮮好者」。
Ren An had previously flogged and humiliated a minor financial clerk of the Northern Army. The aggrieved clerk submitted a memorial denouncing him, testifying that Ren An had accepted the Crown Prince's tally and had demanded to be given "the freshest and finest goods."