Qin and Han · Official

Xu Ren 徐仁

Xú Rén

First attested BC 80; died BC 78

Passages: 6
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Xu Ren was an official.

Life and dates

Death

BC 78 元鳳三年夏四月
Suicide
Directly stated · Book of Han 8, passage 110

Attested activity

BC 78 元鳳三年夏四月
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 8, passage 110
BC 80 燕王獄
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 70, passage 37

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Daughter of Che Qianqiu
son-in-law 女婿 · Marriage
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 70, passage 42

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 70 Volume 60: Du Zhou 5 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 8 Volume 7: Annals of Emperor Zhao 1 passage

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 8Volume 7: Annals of Emperor Zhao · 1 passage

夏四月，少府徐仁、廷尉王平、左馮翊賈勝胡皆坐縱反者，仁自殺，平、勝胡皆要斬。 In the fourth month of summer, Lesser Treasurer Xu Ren, Court Judge Wang Ping, and Left Defender Jia Shenghu were all convicted of releasing rebels. Ren committed suicide, while Ping and Shenghu were both executed by decapitation at the waist.

Book of Han, Chapter 70Volume 60: Du Zhou · 5 passages

會赦，侯史吳自出系獄，廷尉王平與少府徐仁雜治反事，皆以為桑遷坐父謀反而侯史吳臧之，非匿反者，乃匿為隨者也。 A general amnesty followed. Houshi Wu surrendered himself. Commandant of Justice Wang Ping and Chamberlain Xu Ren jointly reviewed the treason charges. Both held that while Sang Qian was liable as his father's accomplice, Wu had merely sheltered a follower, not a principal rebel.

奏請復治，劾廷尉、少府縱反者。 They memorialized for a retrial and impeached Wang Ping and Xu Ren for letting traitors go free.

少府徐仁即丞相車千秋女婿也，故千秋數為侯史吳言。 Xu Ren was the son-in-law of Chancellor Che Qianqiu, who repeatedly interceded for Houshi Wu.

明日，千秋封上眾議，光於是以千秋擅召中二千石以下，外內異言，遂下延尉平、少府仁獄。 The next day the chancellor forwarded their unanimous opinion. Huo Guang, furious that Che Qianqiu had convened a quasi-judicial assembly without authorization, had Wang Ping and Xu Ren thrown into prison.

光以廷尉、少府弄法輕重，皆論棄市，而不以及丞相，終與相竟。 Huo Guang condemned Wang Ping and Xu Ren to public execution for twisting the statutes, but dropped the matter against the chancellor, letting the affair end there.