Qin and Han · Administrator and General

Ren Xiao 任囂

Rén Xiāo

Attested BC 209 - c. BC 203

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Ren Xiao as an administrator, general, and military officer. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Ren Xiao 任囂 Rén Xiāo
Personal name Ren Xiao 任囂 Rén Xiāo

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • General
  • Military Officer

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 二世時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 209 · End: BC 207
    Explicit · shiji:113:s0004
  • Source Date: Text: 尉佗之王，本由任囂 · Western Year: c. BC 203
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:113:s0136

Career and standing

  • Label: Commandant of Nanhai / 南海尉 · Action: held
    Explicit · shiji:113:s0004

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 113Treatise on the Nanyue · 3 passages
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至二世時，南海尉任囂病且死，召龍川令趙佗語曰：「聞陳勝等作亂，秦為無道，天下苦之，項羽、劉季、陳勝、吳廣等州郡各共興軍聚眾，虎爭天下，中國擾亂，未知所安，豪傑畔秦相立。 When the Second Emperor's reign began, the Commandant of Nanhai, Ren Xiao, fell gravely ill and lay near death. He summoned Zhao Tuo, the Magistrate of Longchuan, and told him: "I have heard that Chen Sheng and the others have risen in revolt. Qin has ruled without the Way, and the whole realm suffers for it. Xiang Yu, Liu Ji, Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, and men across the commanderies and districts have all raised armies and gathered followers, fighting over the empire like tigers. The Central Plains are thrown into chaos, and no one knows where peace will come from. Great men everywhere have turned against Qin and set themselves up as rival lords.