Sui and Tang · Warlord

Rengong 仁恭

Réngōng

Attested AD 906

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Rengong was a warlord.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 906 滄州劉守文為梁朝所攻
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 28

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Liu Shouwen (劉守文)
father 父
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 28

Places and affiliations

Polity Yan 燕 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passages 30, 32

Events and relationships

Sent envoys begging troops
Diplomatic · Petitioner · With Wuhuang (武皇)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 28
Relation Ally sought of · Person Wuhuang (武皇)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passages 28, 30

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 27Volume 27 Book of Later Tang 3: Zhuangzong Annals 1 · 2 passages

及滄州劉守文為梁朝所攻，其父仁恭遣使乞師，武皇恨其翻覆，不時許之。 When Liang besieged Liu Shouwen at Cangzhou, his father Rengong asked for aid; Wuhuang, angry at their past treachery, held back.

且九分天下，朱氏今有六七，趙、魏、中山在他廡下，賊所憚者，惟我與仁恭爾； Nine parts divide the realm and Zhu holds six or seven; Zhao, Wei, and Zhongshan bow to him—only we and Rengong still daunt them;