Five Dynasties · jinshi candidate removed after re-examination

Ren Weiji 任惟吉

Attested AD 955

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ren Weiji was a jinshi candidate removed after re-examination.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 955 顯德二年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 115, passage 51

Learning and skills

removed from the jinshi rolls for insufficient mastery and told to study further 以藝學未精勾落令再學
AD 955
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 115, passage 51

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 115Volume 115 Book of Later Zhou 17: Shizong Annals 2 · 1 passage

其嚴說、武允成、王汾、閭邱舜卿、任惟吉、周度、張慎徽、王翥、馬文、劉選、程浩然、李震等一十二人，藝學未精，並宜勾落，且令苦學，以俟再來。 Yan Shuo, Wu Yuncheng, Wang Fen, Lüqiu Shunqing, Ren Weiji, Zhou Du, Zhang Shenhui, Wang Zhu, Ma Wen, Liu Xuan, Cheng Haoran, and Li Zhen—the twelve of them—lack sufficient mastery; all shall be struck from the rolls and told to study hard and try again.