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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 57 Volume 57 Miscellaneous Biographies 37: Li Song, Li Lin, Jia Wei, Duan Xiyao, Zhang Yun, Wang Song, Pei Hao, Wang Renyu, Pei Yu, Wang Yan, Ma Zhongji, Zhao Yanyi · 8 passages
王仁裕，字德輦，天水人也。
Wang Renyu, styled Dening, was a native of Tianshui.
秦州入於蜀，仁裕因事蜀為中書舍人、翰林學士。
When Qinzhou fell to Shu, Renyu entered Shu service as secretariat drafter and Hanlin academician.
唐莊宗平蜀，仁裕事唐，復為秦州節度判官。
When Emperor Zhuangzong of Tang pacified Shu, Renyu returned to Tang service as administrative aide of the Qinzhou command.
思同留守西京，以為判官。
When Sitong remained at the western capital as regent, he made Renyu his administrative aide.
廢帝舉兵鳳翔，思同戰敗，廢帝得仁裕，聞其名不殺，置之軍中。
The deposed emperor raised troops at Fengxiang; Sitong was defeated; the deposed emperor took Renyu captive, heard his reputation, spared his life, and kept him in the army.
自廢帝起事，至其入立，馳檄諸鎮，詔書、告命皆仁裕為之。
From the deposed emperor's uprising until his enthronement, all urgent dispatches, edicts, and appointments were drafted by Renyu.
仁裕性曉音律，晉高祖初定雅樂，宴群臣於永福殿，奏黃鐘，仁裕聞之曰：「音不純肅而無和聲，當有爭者起於禁中。」
Renyu had a keen ear for music; when Shi Jingtang first fixed the court music and feasted his ministers at Yongfu Hall, the yellow bell pitch was played; Renyu said, "The tone is impure and lacks harmony—strife will arise within the palace."
仁裕與和凝於五代時皆以文章知名，又嘗知貢舉，仁裕門生王溥、凝門生範質，皆至宰相，時稱其得人。
Renyu and He Ning were both famed for literature in the Five Dynasties era; each had also conducted the examinations; Renyu's student Wang Pu and Ning's student Fan Zhi both became chief ministers, and their contemporaries praised their judgment of talent.