Overview
Ren Wengong was a Diviner and Official.
Life and dates
Death
- PredictedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 54
Attested activity
- AD 25 to AD 36 公孫述時Directly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 50
- BC 7 to BC 1 哀帝時Directly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 34
- BC 1 平帝即位Directly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 46
- AD 9 to AD 23 王莽篡後Directly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 47
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Ren Wensun (任文孫)father 父Directly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 32
- sons and grandsons 子孫Kinship Role descendants · Quantity unspecified-pluralDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 53
Career and standing
- clerk to Minister of Works 司空掾AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 45
- provincial retainer 從事AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 33
- headquarters retainer 治中從事HeldDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 37
Places and affiliations
- Han 漢Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passages 34, 45
- At Langzhong, Ba commandery 巴郡閬中Directly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 31
Learning and skills
- Skill wind-angle and celestial offices 天官風角 · Level inheritedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passages 32-33
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passages 38-39, 51-52
Events and relationships
- Escaped assassinationEscape · SurvivorDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passages 35-36
- Fled to Zigong MountainRefuge · LeaderDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 49
- Warned of floodDivination · DivinerDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passages 38-39, 43
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment unmatched wisdom · Mode popular-sayingDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 55
References in the histories
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