徐仁 / Xu Ren (Western Han)

Overview

徐仁 / Xu Ren enters the wiki through Hanji 402-1 as the Shaofu and son-in-law of 田千秋, whose handling of the Hou Shiwu case puts both himself and the chancellor’s household under 霍光’s pressure.

Current Profile

Xu Ren’s episode profile combines legal judgment and kinship exposure. He joins Tingwei 王平 in judging 侯史吴 as pardonable after the amnesty because Hou only sheltered 桑迁 briefly and was not personally a rebel. Huo Guang rejects that reading, other officials reverse the classification, and Xu Ren’s tie to Tian Qianqiu leads the chancellor to convene officials in a failed effort to protect him. Xu Ren ultimately dies by suicide in prison.

Key Characteristics

• Western Han Shaofu involved in the Hou Shiwu harboring case.
• Son-in-law of Chancellor Tian Qianqiu, making his prosecution politically sensitive.
• Co-author of the initial narrower amnesty reading with Wang Ping.
• Accused after Huo Guang’s review of indulging rebellion by sparing Hou Shiwu.
• Dies by suicide in prison after the case turns against him.

Evidence

Office and kinship:

• Hanji 402-1 identifies Xu Ren as Shaofu and Tian Qianqiu’s son-in-law.

Initial judgment:

• Hanji 402-1 says Xu Ren and Wang Ping judged Hou Shiwu eligible for amnesty.

Punishment:

• Hanji 402-1 says Xu Ren was imprisoned after Huo Guang’s objection and later killed himself in prison.

Qualifications

This page is bounded to Hanji 402-1. It does not reconstruct Xu Ren’s full office history, his exact deliberation with Wang Ping, or the complete politics of Tian Qianqiu’s attempted protection.

What Changed

• Created from Hanji 402-1 as the Shaofu whose legal judgment and kinship tie expose Tian Qianqiu under Huo Guang.

Relationships

• 田千秋 / Tian Qianqiu (Western Han) - father-in-law who attempts to protect Xu Ren.
• 王平 / Wang Ping (Western Han) - co-judge in the Hou Shiwu amnesty decision.
• 侯史吴 / Hou Shiwu (Western Han) - defendant whom Xu Ren initially treats as pardonable.
• 桑迁 / Sang Qian (Western Han) - fugitive whose legal status drives the case.
• 霍光 / Huo Guang (Western Han) - regent whose stricter review leads to Xu Ren’s imprisonment.