Five Dynasties · Official and Statesman

Ren Yuan 任圜

Rèn Yuán

Attested AD 926

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ren Yuan was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 同光四年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passages 17, 22

Career and standing

Chief Minister 相
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 22
Head of the Three Bureaus 判三司
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 22

Events and relationships

Joined attack on Kang Yanxiao
Military · Ally
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 17

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 64Volume 64: Hereditary House of Later Shu · 2 passages

知祥遣大將李仁罕會任圜、董璋等兵擊破延孝，知祥得其將李肇、侯弘實及其兵數千以歸。 Zhixiang sent his chief general Li Renhan to join Ren Yuan, Dong Zhang, and others in crushing Yanxiao; he took Yanxiao's generals Li Zhao and Hou Hongshi, along with several thousand troops, back into his own service.

任圜自蜀入為相，兼判三司，素知蜀所余錢。 Ren Yuan came up from Shu to serve as chief minister and concurrently head of the Three Bureaus, and he had long known about the surplus funds in Shu.