Li Ren
Li Ren, a Wu attendant, explained rumors about Sun Hao’s punishments to Jin attendant Yu Jun and others after Wu fell.
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History · vol. 48Records of the Three Kingdoms
…〈吳平後，晉侍中庾峻等問皓侍中李仁曰：「聞吳主披人面，刖人足，有諸乎？」…
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初，皓每宴會羣臣，無不咸令沈醉。置黃門郎十人，特不與酒，侍立終日，爲司過之吏。宴罷之後，各奏其闕失，迕視之咎，謬言之愆，罔有不舉。大者即加威刑，小者輒以爲罪。後宮數千，而採擇無已。又激水入宮，宮人有不合意者，輒殺流之。或剥人之面，或鑿人之眼。岑昬險諛貴幸，致位九列，好興功役，衆所患苦。是以上下離心，莫爲皓盡力，蓋積惡已極，不復堪命故也。〈吳平後，晉侍中庾峻等問皓侍中李仁曰：「聞吳主披人面，刖人足，有諸乎？」仁曰：「以告者過也。君子惡居下流，天下之惡皆歸焉。蓋此事也，若信有之，亦不足能恠。昔唐、虞五刑，三代七辟，肉刑之制，未爲酷虐。皓爲一國之主，秉殺生之柄，罪人陷法，加之以懲，何足多罪！夫受堯誅者不能無怨，受桀賞者不能無慕，此人情也。」又問曰：「云歸命侯乃惡人橫睛逆視，皆鑿其眼，有諸乎？」仁曰：「亦無此事，傳之者謬耳。曲禮曰視天子由袷以下，視諸侯由頤以下，視大夫由衡，視士則平面，得游目五步之內；視上於衡則傲，下於帶則憂，旁則邪。以禮視瞻，高下不可不慎，況人君乎哉？視人君相迕，是乃禮所謂傲慢；傲慢則無禮，無禮則不臣，不臣則犯罪，犯罪則陷不測矣。正使有之，將有何失？」凡仁所荅，峻等皆善之，文多不悉載。〉
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Li Ren was a Gentleman Attendant of Wu, mentioned in relevant accounts in Records of the Three Kingdoms, vol. 48; he does not appear in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Deeds
After Wu fell, Yu Jun, a Gentleman Attendant of Jin, and others asked Li Ren whether Sun Hao, ruler of Wu, had ever flayed people’s faces or cut off their feet. Li Ren said that the informants had exaggerated, and replied that the ruler administered punishments and criminals were punished according to the law. (Recorded in the histories)
Yu Jun and the others then asked whether Sun Hao had gouged out people’s eyes. Li Ren denied this, citing ritual propriety to explain that a subject who looked at the ruler in a manner contrary to ritual would be regarded as arrogant and disloyal. Yu Jun and the others accepted Li Ren’s answer.
Relationships
- Served Wu as a Gentleman Attendant.
- Spoke with Yu Jun, a Gentleman Attendant of Jin, and others, answering their questions about Sun Hao.
- Lord & vassal
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History · vol. 48
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Attendant-in-Ordinary to Sun Hao