Ren Laowu (任老五) | 24 Histories

Overview

Ren Laowu was a rebel.

PeriodQing

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1862 同治元年五月十三日
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passages 172-173

Career and standing

Hui chieftain 回酋
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 172

Events and relationships

Incited followers to humiliate and kill
AD 1862 同治元年五月十三日 · Violence · Instigator · With Zhang Fei (芾) · At Cangtou Town 倉頭鎮
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 172

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 399Volume 399 Biographies 186: Lv Xianji, Zou Minghe, Dai Xi, Tang Yifen, Zhang Fei, Huang Cong, Tao Tingjie, Feng Peiyuan, Sun Mingen, Shen Bingyuan, Zhang Xigeng · 1 passage

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其酋任老五懼搖眾心，嗾黨擁出折辱之，芾據地大罵不絕口，遂被支解。 Their chieftain Ren Laowu, fearing the crowd would be swayed, incited his followers to rush out and humiliate him. Fei sat on the ground cursing without pause and was hacked to pieces.