Song, Liao, and Jin · Official

Ren Zhongjie 任忠傑

Attested AD 1181

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ren Zhongjie was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1181 二十一年十一月望
Directly stated · History of Jin 21, passage 13

Career and standing

Vice Director of the Ministry of Rites 禮部員外郎
Held
Directly stated · History of Jin 21, passage 13

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Jin 21, passage 13

Events and relationships

Verified eclipse and compared calendars
AD 1181 二十一年十一月望 · Scholarly · Verifier · With Zhao Zhiwei (趙知微), Yelü Lü (耶律履)
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 21, passage 13
Relation Commissioned to compare calendars of · Person Zhao Zhiwei (趙知微)
Directly stated · History of Jin 21, passage 13
Relation Commissioned to compare calendars of · Person Yelü Lü (耶律履)
Directly stated · History of Jin 21, passage 13

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 21Volume 21 Treatises 2: Calendar 1: Seasonal Phases and Month Beginnings 1, Phases and Divination 2, Phases of the Sun's Path 3 · 1 passage

二十一年十一月望，太陰虧食，遂命尚書省委禮部員外郎任忠傑與司天曆官驗所食時刻分秒，比校知微、履及見行曆之親疏，以知微曆為親，遂用之。 In year 21, at the full moon of the eleventh month, the moon was eclipsed; the Ministry ordered Ren Zhongjie of the Rites Bureau and the calendar officers to verify the hour, minute, and second of the eclipse and compare Zhao Zhiwei's, Yelü Lü's, and the current calendar—Zhiwei's proved closer, and his calendar was adopted.