Qin and Han · Scholar of Charts and Prophecies

Ren An 任安

Attested AD 150 - AD 190

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Ren An as a scholar and student. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Ren An 任安 Ren An
Personal name Ren An 任安 Ren An

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Scholar
  • Student

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 少游太学,与乡人任安齐名(无纪年,灵帝以前) · Western Interval: Start: AD 150 · End: AD 190

Places and affiliations

  • Place: Guanghan commandery / 广汉 · Relation: native-of · Note: described as Dong Fu's fellow townsman (乡人)
    Strongly inferred · houhanshu:093:s0094

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: remembers people's good points and forgets their faults · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Qin Mi (秦密) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 蜀丞相诸葛亮问广汉秦密(无纪年) · Western Interval: Start: AD 223 · End: AD 234

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 93Volume 82b: Biographies of Alchemists 2 · 3 passages