Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Writer

Ren Fang 任昉

Died AD 508

Passages
40
Chapters
6
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Ren Fang as a diplomat, editor, judge, and official. This record brings together 40 passages from 6 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Ren Fang 任昉 Ren Fang
Title Censor-in-chief Ren Fang 御史中丞任昉
Given Fang 昉 Fang
Given name Fang 昉
Posthumous name Jingzi 敬子
Nickname Lord Ren 任君
Surname Ren 任 Ren
Personal name Ren Fang 任昉 Ren Fang
Personal name Ren Fang 任昉
Personal name Ren Fang 任昉 Rèn Fǎng
Courtesy name Yansheng 彥昇 Yansheng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Diplomat
  • Editor
  • Judge
  • Official
  • Poet
  • Scholar
  • Writer

Life and dates

Death

  • Date: Source Date: Text: 視事朞歲 · Western Year: AD 508 · Age: Value: 49 · Reckoning: sui
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0175
  • Place: eastern Yue / 東越
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0270

Age

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 任昉字彥昇 · Western Interval: Start: AD 460 · End: AD 508
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0108
  • Source Date: Text: 六年春 · Western Year: AD 507
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0172
  • Source Date: Text: 天監中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 519
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:037:s0009
  • Source Date: Text: 天監二年 · Western Year: AD 503
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0164
  • Source Date: Text: 天監初 context · Western Year: AD 502
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:030:s0013
  • Source Date: Text: 天監四年 · Western Year: AD 505
    Explicit · liangshu:016:s0037
  • Source Date: Text: 年十六 · Western Year: AD 476
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0114
  • Source Date: Text: 建武中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 494 · End: AD 498
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0143
  • Source Date: Text: 梁臺建 · Western Year: AD 502
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:036:s0023
  • Source Date: Text: 永元末 · Western Year: AD 501
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0148
  • Source Date: Text: 永明中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493
    Explicit · liangshu:019:s0009
  • Source Date: Text: 永明初 · Western Year: AD 483
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0116
  • Source Date: Text: 瞑目東越 · Western Year: AD 508
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:014:s0270
  • Source Date: Text: 視事朞歲 · Western Year: AD 508
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0175
  • Source Date: Text: 近世 · Western Interval: Start: c. AD 460 · End: c. AD 508
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:014:s0259

Family

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  • Child of Lady Pei (裴氏)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
    Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological
  • Descendant of Ren Ao (任敖)
    Kinship Term: descendant / 後
  • Child of Ren Yao (任遙)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Parent of Ren Dongli (任東里)
    Kinship Term: fourth son / 第四子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 4
    Kinship Term: fourth son / 第四子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 4
  • Kinship Role: orphans · Count: 2 · Note: 諸孤 cast adrift south after his death · Count Unspecified: true
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0272
  • Kinship Role: sons · Count: 2 · Label: sons / 諸子 · Note: plural young sons; exact count unstated
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0192

Career and standing

  • Label: Administrator of Yixing / 義興太守 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0164
  • Label: recorder to Prince of Jingling / 竟陵王記室參軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0118
  • Label: Director of the Secretariat / 秘書監 · Action: held
    Explicit · liangshu:037:s0009
  • Label: Personnel Section Director / 吏部郎 · Action: held
    Explicit · liangshu:036:s0023
  • Label: silver-and-gold seal office / 銀黃 · Action: held
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0259
  • Label: posthumous Jingzi / 諡曰敬子 · Action: posthumously-granted
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0178

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: crest of the realm; early bound silver seal; drew people's praise · Provenance: Mode: quoted-source · Speaker Person Id: Liu Jun (劉峻)
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0259
  • Assessment: forceful prose and gorgeous pattern rivaled Cao Zhi and Wang Can · Provenance: Mode: quoted-source · Speaker Person Id: Liu Jun (劉峻)
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0260
  • Assessment: held old favor enabling final gifts · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Yao Cha (姚察)
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0285
  • Assessment: kept inner conduct; ended in name and rank · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Yao Cha (姚察)
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0284
  • Assessment: matched Xu Shao and Guo Tai as a rater of men · Provenance: Mode: quoted-source · Speaker Person Id: Liu Jun (劉峻)
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0261
  • Kind: physical-description · Statement: seven chi five cun tall
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0111
  • Item: ten thousand scrolls / 書至萬餘卷 · Relation: possessed
    Explicit · liangshu:014:s0188

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 14Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang · 32 passages
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Book of Liang, Chapter 16Volume 16: Wang Liang; Zhang Ji; Wang Ying · 1 passage
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Book of Liang, Chapter 19Volume 19: Zong Guai; Liu Tan; Yue Ai · 1 passage
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Book of Liang, Chapter 30Volume 30: Pei Ziye; Gu Xie; Xu Chi; Bao Quan · 3 passages
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Book of Liang, Chapter 36Volume 36: Kong Xiuyuan; Jiang Ge · 2 passages
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Book of Liang, Chapter 37Volume 37: Xie Ju; He Jingrong · 1 passage
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