Sui and Tang · Official

Ren Zhigu 任知古

Attested AD 690 - AD 713

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

Ren Zhigu was an official.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Life and dates

Attested activity

Key source chapters

  1. New Book of Tang, Chapter 113 Volume 113 Biographies 38: Tang, Zhang, Xu 1 passage
  2. New Book of Tang, Chapter 121 Volume 121 Biographies 46: Liu, Zhong, Cui, and the Two Kings 1 passage

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 113Volume 113 Biographies 38: Tang, Zhang, Xu · 1 passage
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鳳閣侍郎任知古、冬官尚書裴行本等七人被誣當死，後謂宰相曰：「古人以殺止殺，我今以恩止殺，就群公丐知古等，賜以再生，可乎？」 Phoenix Pavilion vice minister Ren Zhigu, Winter Office minister Pei Xingben, and seven others faced false charges of death. The empress told the chancellors, "The ancients stopped killing by killing; I now wish to stop killing by grace. I ask you to spare Zhigu and the others and give them life again—is that possible?"
New Book of Tang, Chapter 121Volume 121 Biographies 46: Liu, Zhong, Cui, and the Two Kings · 1 passage
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