Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Ren Mannu 任蠻奴

Rén Mánnú

Attested AD 567 - AD 589

Passages: 8
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Ren Mannu was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 567 任蠻奴嘗有密啟於朝廷；由是並獲宥
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 20, passages 160-161
AD 567 光大元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 20, passage 119
AD 581 to AD 589 開皇前後
Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 14

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Interior Minister of Hengyang 衡陽內史
Held
Directly stated · Book of Chen 20, passage 119
Pardoned
Pardoned
Directly stated · Book of Chen 20, passage 139
Received
AD 567 並獲宥 · Pardon
Directly stated · Book of Chen 20, passage 161

Places and affiliations

Chen 陳
Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 14
Polity Chen 陳 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 20, passages 160-161

Works and attributed material

secret memorial to the court 密啟於朝廷
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Book of Chen 20, passage 160
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Book of Sui 52, passage 26

Events and relationships

Pardoned
AD 567 並獲宥 · Legal · Pardoned person
Directly stated · Book of Chen 20, passage 161
Sent secret memorial
AD 567 嘗有密啟於朝廷 · Political · Author
Directly stated · Book of Chen 20, passage 160
Surrendered to Qinhu
AD 589 平陳 · Military · Surrenderer · With Han Qinhu (韓擒虎)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 52, passage 24

References in the histories

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History

8 passages

Book of Chen, Chapter 20Volume 20: Dao Zhongju; Han Zigao; Hua Jiao · 3 passages

蕭巋授皎司空，巴州刺史戴僧朔，衡陽內史任蠻奴，巴陵內史潘智虔，岳陽太守章昭裕， Xiao Kui made Jiao minister of works and set Dai Sengshuo over Ba, Ren Mannu over Hengyang, Pan Zhiquan over Baling, and Zhang Zhaoyu over Yueyang;

皎黨曹慶、錢明、潘智虔、魯閑、席慧略等四十餘人並誅，唯任蠻奴、章昭裕、曹宣、劉廣業獲免。 Jiao's followers Cao Qing, Qian Ming, Pan Zhiquan, Lu Xian, Xi Huilüe, and more than forty others were put to death; only Ren Mannu, Zhang Zhaoyu, Cao Xuan, and Liu Guangye were pardoned.

任蠻奴嘗有密啟於朝廷； Ren Mannu had once sent a secret memorial to the court;

Book of Sui, Chapter 52Volume 52 Biographies 17: Han Qinhu, He Ruobi · 5 passages

陳將甄慶、任蠻奴、蕭摩訶等共為聲援，頻寇江北，前後入界。 The Chen generals Zhen Qing, Ren Man'nu, Xiao Mohe, and others backed one another and raided the north bank of the Yangzi repeatedly, crossing the frontier time after time.

任蠻奴為賀若弼所敗，棄軍降於擒虎。 Ren Man'nu, already beaten by He Ruobi, abandoned his troops and surrendered to Qinhu.

陳人欲戰，蠻奴捴之曰：「老夫尚降，諸君何事！」 The Chen soldiers were ready to fight, but Man'nu shouted them down: "If even I, an old man, have surrendered, what are you still fighting for!"

臣以輕騎五百，兵不血刃，直取金陵，降任蠻奴，執陳叔寶，據其府庫，傾其巢穴。 I took five hundred light cavalry, entered Jinling without shedding blood, received Ren Man'nu's surrender, seized Chen Shubao, and occupied the treasuries and the heart of their power.

進屯蔣山之白土岡，陳將魯達、周智安、任蠻奴、田瑞、樊毅、孔范、蕭摩訶等以勁兵拒戰。 He advanced to Baitu Hill on Mount Jiang, where Chen's generals Lu Da, Zhou Zhi'an, Ren Man'nu, Tian Rui, Fan Yi, Kong Fan, Xiao Mohe, and others barred his path with elite troops.