Ren Guang (任光) | 24 Histories

Overview

Ren Guang was a general and Official.

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Boqing	伯卿	Boqing

AD 24 更始二年春
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passages 10-11
AD 29 五年
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 35
AD 29 其冬
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 36
AD 26 是歲
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 24, passages 33-34
AD 23 to AD 26 更始至建武初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 24, passages 58, 69, 89
AD 23 更始至洛陽
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 24, passage 7

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AD 23 漢兵至宛
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 24, passages 4, 6
AD 23 to AD 36 漢室再興之際
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 24, passages 232-233

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

governor 守
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 24, passage 233
village overseer 鄉嗇夫
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 3
left grand general 左大將軍
AD 24 更始二年春 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 18
governor of Xindu 信都太守
AD 23 更始至洛陽 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 7
adjutant for pacification 安集掾
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 6
lieutenant general 偏將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 6

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clerk in the commandery and county 郡縣吏
Served
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 3
fengchaoqing 奉朝請
AD 29 五年 · Summoned
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 35
Marquis of Wucheng 武成侯
AD 24 更始二年春 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 18
Marquis of Aling 阿陵侯
AD 26 是歲 · Re enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 34
Marquis of Wucheng 武成侯
AD 24 更始二年春 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 18
Marquis of Aling 阿陵侯
AD 26 是歲 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 34
executed Wang Lang's clerk in the marketplace 斬廷掾於市
Ordered
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 9

Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 24, passages 232-233
Polity Gengshi regime 更始 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 7
Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passages 6, 10
At Wan in Nanyang 南陽宛
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 1
AD 29 五年
At capital 京師 · Relation Summoned to
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 35
At Xindu 信都 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passages 7, 23

Historian praise · Subject · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passages 232-233
Proclamation · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 19
Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Guangwu (世祖) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passages 13, 15-16

Defeated
AD 23 漢兵至宛 · Military · Commander · With Wang Yi (王邑)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 6
Defeated
AD 23 漢兵至宛 · Military · Commander · With Wang Xun (王尋)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 6
Failed relief of Xindu
Military · Commander · At Xindu 信都 · With Wang Lang (王郎)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 69
Followed in field
AD 24 更始二年春 · Military · Commander · With Emperor Guangwu (世祖)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 18
Held for Han
Political · Governor guardian · With Pi Tong (邳彤) · Mode historian-judgment
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 24, passage 233
Held xindu
AD 23 及王郎起 · Military · Defender · At Xindu 信都 · With Wang Lang (王郎)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 8

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Nearly killed for clothing
AD 23 漢兵至宛 · Military · Near victim · At Wan 宛
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 4
Raised four thousand
Military · Commander · At Xindu 信都
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 9
Returned to commandery
AD 24 更始二年春 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 23
Sent proclamations
AD 24 更始二年春 · Military · Commander · At Julu 巨鹿
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passages 19-20
Torch ruse
AD 24 更始二年春 · Military · Commander · At Tangyang 堂陽
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 22
Welcomed
AD 24 更始二年春 · Political · Host · With Emperor Guangwu (世祖) · At Xindu 信都
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 11
Relation Rescued by · Person Liu Ci (劉賜)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 5
Relation Served under · Person Liu Ci (劉賜)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 6

Assessment discerned the turning point so that barred cities opened · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 232
Assessment honest and loyal from youth; held in affection by neighbors · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 2
dignified bearing of an elder
Bearing
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 5

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passages 1, 58
食邑萬戶
AD 26 是歲 · Field fief-size
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 24, passage 34