Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Scholar and Official

Ren Fang 任昉

Attested AD 502

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ren Fang was a scholar and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 502 天監初
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 16

Works and attributed material

Fu · Author · With Lu Chui (陸倕)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passages 16-51
Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Wu of Liang (梁高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 92

Events and relationships

Relation Friend of · Person Dao Gai (到溉)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 82
Relation Friend of · Person Dao Qia (到洽)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passages 83-84
Relation Friend of · Person Dao Zhao (到沼)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 82

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 27Volume 27: Lu Chui; Dao Qia; Ming Shanbin; Yin Jun · 6 passages

倕與樂安任昉友善，爲《感知己賦》以贈昉，昉因此名以報之曰：「信偉人之世篤，本侯服於陸鄉。 Chui was close friends with Ren Fang of Le'an and wrote "Fu on Perceiving a True Friend" as a gift to him. Fang answered with a rhapsody of his own, opening: "Truly steadfast among the great men of our age—your roots lie in the marquis lands of Lu township.

樂安任昉有知人之鑒，與洽兄沼、溉並善。 Ren Fang of Le'an had a discerning eye for talent and was close friends with Qia's elder brothers Zhao and Gai.

御華光殿，詔洽及沆、蕭琛、任昉侍讌，賦二十韻詩，以洽辭爲工，賜絹二十匹。 At Huaguang Hall the emperor ordered Qia, Hang, Xiao Chen, and Ren Fang to attend a banquet; composing twenty-rhyme poems, the court judged Qia's diction the finest and granted him twenty bolts of silk.

高祖謂昉曰：「諸到可謂才子。」 The emperor said to Fang, "The various Daos may truly be called men of talent."

昉對曰：「臣常竊議，宋得其武，梁得其文。」 Fang replied, "Your servant has often privately remarked that Song obtained their martial men, while Liang obtains their literary men."

善隸書，爲當時楷法，南鄉范雲、樂安任昉，並稱賞之。 He was skilled in clerical script and was the standard model of the age; Fan Yun of Nanyang and Ren Fang of Le'an both praised and admired him.