Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Rebel Bandit

Ren Zhen 任榛

Rèn Zhēn

Attested AD 457

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ren Zhen was a rebel Bandit.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 457 大明元年
Directly stated · Book of Song 88, passage 76

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 88Volume 88 Biographies 48: Xue Andou, Shen Wenxiu, Cui Daogu · 4 passages

時虜已去，坦求回軍討任榛，見許。 By then the Northern Wei had already withdrawn. Tan asked to turn the army against the bandit Ren Zhen, and permission was granted.

至東坊城，遇任榛三騎，討擒其一，餘兩騎得走。 At Dongfangcheng they encountered three of Ren Zhen's horsemen, captured one, and let the other two escape.

任榛聞知，皆得逃散。 When Ren Zhen heard what had happened, his entire band was able to flee and scatter.

任榛大抵在任城界，積世逋叛所聚，所在皆棘榛深密，難為用師，故能久自保藏，屢為民患。 Ren Zhen's band operated chiefly in Rencheng, where generations of fugitives and rebels had gathered. The country was thick with brambles and thorn scrub, making campaigns difficult, so the bandits could hold out for years and repeatedly plague the populace.