Qin and Han · Clan Leader and Landowner

Elder Ren 任公

Ren Gong

Attested BC 200 - BC 150

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Chapters
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Histories
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Overview

The translated histories identify Elder Ren as a clan leader, farmer, and landowner. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Elder Ren 任公 Ren Gong
Personal name Elder Ren 任公 Rèn Gōng
Title Patriarch Ren 任公

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Clan Leader
  • Farmer
  • Landowner

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 然任公家約 · Western Interval: Start: BC 200 · End: BC 150
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:103:s0113

Family

  • Kin of Ren (任氏)
    Kinship Term: elder/patriarch / 公 · Subject Role: patriarch · Object Role: clan

Source notes

  • Statement: household covenant: only consume what farm and livestock produce; no wine or meat until public duties finished
    Explicit · hanshu:103:s0113

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 103Volume 91: Usurers · 1 passage