Qin and Han · General and Official

Ren Qianqiu 任千秋

Attested BC 42 - BC 42

Passages: 7
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Ren Qianqiu was a general and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 42 永光二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 90, passages 43, 71
BC 42 永光二年八月
Directly stated · Book of Han 10, passage 158

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Ren Gong (任宮)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 90, passage 102

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 90 Volume 79: Feng Fengshi 6 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 10 Volume 9: Annals of Emperor Yuan 1 passage

Career and standing

Fenwei General 奮威將軍
BC 42 永光二年八月 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Han 10, passage 158
general Who Rouses Might 奮武將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Han 90, passage 71
Grand Minister of Ceremonies 太常
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 10, passage 158

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 10Volume 9: Annals of Emperor Yuan · 1 passage

八月，以太常任千秋為奮威將軍，別將五校並進。 In the eighth month, Grand Minister of Ceremonies Ren Qianqiu was made Fenwei General, separately leading five schools that advanced together.

Book of Han, Chapter 90Volume 79: Feng Fengshi · 6 passages

書奏，天子大為發兵六萬餘人，拜太常弋陽侯任千秋為奮武將軍以助焉。 The emperor mobilized more than sixty thousand reinforcements and named Grand Master Ren Qianqiu of Yiyang general Who Rouses Might to assist him.

且兵，凶器也，必有成敗者，患策不豫定，料敵不審也，故復遣奮武將軍。 Arms are ill omens; victory turns on forethought and intelligence of the foe—hence the second general Who Rouses Might.

須奮武將軍兵到，合擊羌虜。」 Stand until Who Rouses Might arrives, then crush the Qiang together."

奮武將軍任千秋者，其父宮，昭帝時以丞相征事捕斬反者左將軍上官桀，封侯，宣帝時為太常，薨。 Ren Qianqiu's father Ren Gong had served Emperor Zhao's chancellor as investigator, cut down mutineer Shangguan Jie, taken a marquisate, and ended as Grand Master of ceremonies under Xuan.

千秋嗣後，復為太常。 Qianqiu inherited the fief and likewise rose to Grand Master of ceremonies.

成帝時，樂昌侯王商代奉世為左將軍，而千秋為右將軍，後亦為左將軍。 Under Cheng, Wang Shang of Lechang succeeded Fengshi as left general while Qianqiu held the right, then moved left in turn.