东汉初,即公元23年,任廷做会稽都尉,当时,他只有19岁.到任时,迎接他的官吏一见,吓了一跳,如此年轻,岂能胜任?没成想,他干得不错.后来,他当了九真太守.九真属南京僻远地区,比较落后,“俗以射猎为业,不知牛耕”.任廷做太守后,“乃令铸作田器,教之垦辟”,“田畴岁岁开广,百姓充给”,生产有了很大的发展. At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in AD 23, Ren Ting was the captain of Huiji, when he was only 19. When he assumed office, he met with his officials and was so shocked that he was so young. After doing a good job, he became nine real prefect. Nine true is a remote area in Nanjing, relatively backward, “vulgar to hunting industry, I do not know cattle farming.” Ren Ting to do prefect, “is to make a cast Tian, ​​teach Kenpai ”,“ Tian open wide open, people charge ”, the production has great development.