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Ren Jia was a Merchant.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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wealthy merchant 富商
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- At Zhangde 彰德 · Relation From
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History of Yuan, Chapter 192Volume 192 Biographies 79: Virtuous Officials 2 · 4 passages
彰德富商任甲，抵睢陽，驢斃，令郄乙剖之，任以怒毆郄，經宿而死。
A wealthy merchant of Zhangde named Ren Jia reached Suiyang; when his donkey died he ordered Qie Yi to butcher it, then beat Qie in a rage; Qie died overnight.
郄有妻王氏、妾孫氏，孫訴於官，官吏納任賄，謂郄非傷死，反抵孫罪，置之獄。
Qie had a wife, Lady Wang, and a concubine, Lady Sun; when Sun brought suit, officials took Ren's bribes, declared that Qie had not died of the beating, charged Sun instead, and threw her in prison.
有睢陽小吏，亦預郄事，畏觀音奴嚴明，且懼神顯其事，乃以任所賂鈔陳首曰：「郄實傷死，任賂上下匿其實，吾亦得賂，敢以首。」
A petty clerk of Suiyang who had been involved in the case, fearing Guanyinnu's severity and that the god would expose the truth, presented the bribe money he had taken from Ren and confessed: "Qie truly died of the beating; Ren bribed officials up and down to cover it up, and I took a bribe as well—I come forward to confess."
於是罪任商而釋孫妾。
Ren the merchant was punished and Lady Sun was released.