Ye Renlu (葉仁魯) | 24 Histories

Overview

Ye Renlu was an administrator.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 947 to AD 949 衛州刺史葉仁魯
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 27

Career and standing

prefect of Weizhou 衛州刺史
Held · At Weizhou 衛州
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 27

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Han 後漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 27

Events and relationships

Captured and maimed villagers mistaken for bandits
Military · Commander · At Weizhou 衛州
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passages 27-29

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 27

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 30Volume 30 Later Han Biographies 10: Su Fengji, Shi Hongzhao, Yang Bin, Wang Zhang, Liu Zhu, Li Ye, Nie Wenjin, Hou Zan, Guo Yunming · 3 passages

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衛州刺史葉仁魯聞部有盜，自帥兵捕之。 Weizhou prefect Ye Renlu heard of bandits in his circuit and led troops himself to catch them.

仁魯從後至，見民捕盜者，以為賊，悉擒之，斷其腳筋，暴之山麓，宛轉號呼，累日而死。 Renlu came up from behind, saw the villagers who had chased the thieves, took them for the gang, seized them all, cut their heel tendons, and left them on the hillside to writhe and scream for days until they died.

聞者不勝其冤，而逢吉以仁魯為能，由是天下因盜殺人滋濫。 The story sickened listeners—but Fengji praised Renlu’s “efficiency,” and killings in the name of banditry spread without check.