Qin and Han · Aristocrat

Ren Yueren 任越人

Attested BC 209 - BC 141

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ren Yueren was an aristocrat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 209 to BC 141 漢初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 51, passage 152

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Grandson of Ren Ao (任敖孫)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 51, passage 152

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 51Volume 42: Zhang, Zhou, Zhao, Ren and Shentu · 1 passage

傳子至曾孫越人，坐為太常廟酒酸不敬，國除。 The fief passed to his son and on to his great-grandson Yueren, who lost the marquisate for offering sour wine at the Grand Minister of Ceremonies' temple—a capital offense of disrespect.