Ruan Ji, born in the 15th year of Jian 'an in Han Dynasty (2 10), lost his father at the age of three and was raised by his mother. After his father died, his family was poor, and Ruan Ji studied hard and made a name for himself. Genius teenagers can write articles at the age of eight and play the piano all day. In his youth, he studied tirelessly and loved to study Confucian poetry books. At the same time, he also showed interest in following the example of ancient sages who were noble, happy and poor. Ruan Ji studied martial arts as well as literature. In his love poem, he wrote, "Teenagers learn fencing with great skill." Ruan Ji is withdrawn and frivolous. When he was about 16 or 17 years old, he had been to Dong Jun with his uncle Ruan Xi. Wang Chang, the secretariat of Chongzhou, was "silent all day" when he met him, while Wang Chang "thought it was unpredictable".

Ruan Ji has the ambition to help the world politically. He once went to Guangwu City to see the Chu-Han battlefield and lamented that "there was no hero at that time, and Li Zi became famous!" At that time, Cao Cao in Ming Di was dead, and Cao Shuang and Sima Yi assisted Cao Fang. The two men are intrigued and the political situation is very sinister. At the beginning of three years (242), Jiang Ji, who was appointed as Qiu at that time, heard that Ruan Ji was "graceful and graceful, with lofty aspirations" and asked about Wang Mo, which was confirmed by Wang Mo. After that, Jiang Ji is going to prove that Ruan Ji is her family. Ruan Ji heard the news, wrote a "memorial" and personally sent it to the pavilion outside Luoyang, asking officials to give it to Jiang Ji. In Memories, I said that I was a poor scholar, from humble origins and embarrassed. Decline politely. At first, Jiang Ji was worried that Ruan Ji would not come back. Later, when he learned that he had arrived at the Capital Pavilion, he mistakenly thought that he had been ordered. What he said in his memory was just a verbal pleasantry, so he was very happy and sent someone to pick him up, not wanting Ruan Ji to have gone back. Jiang Ji was very angry and took it out on Wang Mo. Wang Mo was so scared that he had to write to persuade Ruan Ji. Ruan Ji's relatives in hard villages and towns also came to persuade Yu that he could not shirk his responsibility and reluctantly took office, but he died soon. This is Ruan Ji's first official career in his life, which obviously has some forced nature.

Around the eighth year of Zhengshi (247), Ruan Jihe's father was a businessman. Shortly after Ruan Ji was saved from Shang's illness, Cao Shuang recruited him to join the army, but Ruan Ji politely refused. This is Ruan Ji's second official career. (Note: There are different records about whether Ruan Ji was an army in Cao Shuang. The record in Biography of Ruan Ji in the Book of Jin is: "When he was assisted by Cao Shuang, he was called to join the army. Because of illness, the screen is on the scene. " That is, Ruan Ji did not join the army in Cao Shuang. However, The History of the Three Kingdoms Shu Wei Wang Canchuan quoted Wei Chunqiu as saying, "After Shang Shulang, Cao Shuang joined the army." Refer to the records in the Book of Jin here. )

Ten years ago (249), Cao Shuang was killed by Sima Yi, who was in charge of state affairs. Sima killed dissidents, and many people were implicated. Ruan Ji was politically inclined to the royal family of Cao Wei and was dissatisfied with Sima's group, but at the same time he felt that there was no reason in the world, so he adopted the attitude of not causing trouble and preserving his sanity, or studying behind closed doors, climbing mountains near the water, getting drunk or keeping his mouth shut. Ruan Ji, Ji Kang, Dan Tao, Liu Ling, Wang Rong, Xiang Embroidery and Ruan Xian were all "Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest" in history. Today's academic circles usually refer to the academic thought activity time of the seven sages of bamboo forest as "bamboo forest period"

In April of the 10th year (249), Yuan Jiaping was changed. Ruan Ji was just forty years old, and he became Sima Yi's career leader. In the third year of Jiaping (25 1), Ruan Ji became the betrothed lieutenant of Sima Shi after Sima Yi's death, and he held this position until the sixth year of Jiaping (254). In the sixth year of Jiaping, that is, in the first year (254), after Cao Mao, an aristocratic township official, proclaimed himself emperor, Sima Shi made him a knight in order to win people's hearts, and Ruan Ji was also made a Shanhaiguan Hou and a transferred official. In the second year, in the second year of Jacky (255), Sima Shi died of an eye disease in the army while fighting Qiu Jian and Wen Qin. After Sima Shi, his brother Si Mazhao succeeded to the throne as a general, which recorded this history. May be in this year, Ruan Ji volunteered to Si Mazhao to Dongping, Si Mazhao readily agreed. However, Ruan Ji came back from Dongping only ten days ago. Ruan Ji returned to Luoyang from Dongping and immediately became the career leader of Si Mazhao. He has only been in this position for about a year. In the first year of Ganlu (256), that is, the third year of Jacky (changed to Ganlu in June), Ruan Ji requested to be an infantry captain. Although the position of infantry captain is an official of the central government, it is closely related to the emperor like a scattered rider. Although it is Wu Zhi, holding the relieving will not put pressure on Sima and arouse Sima's suspicion. Ruan Ji held this office for the longest time, so later generations usually call it "Ruan Infantry".

Zhong Hui is Sima's confidant. He has repeatedly asked Ruan Ji about current affairs, but Ruan Ji was exempted on the grounds of drunkenness. Si Mazhao himself has talked with him many times to sound out his political views. He always tries to deal with the past in a profound way, which makes Si Mazhao have to say that Ruan Sizong is cautious. Si Mazhao also wanted to marry Ruan Ji, who was drunk for 60 days, making it impossible.

In October of the 4th year of Jingyuan (263), Si Mazhao was promoted to Duke of Jin and Prime Minister Jiuxi, which was an important step for Si Mazhao to formally usurp power. As a matter of routine, Cao Huan, the puppet emperor of Cao Wei, wrote a letter to knighthood and Sima Qian to let him go, and then he was dissuaded by the minister or minister. At that time, Ruan Ji was appointed as the captain of the infantry and ordered to write, but Ruan Ji still drank. The messenger came to urge the manuscript, so Ruan Ji had to bring wine to draft it.

Ruan Ji died in the fourth year of Jingyuan (the winter of 263), that is, one or two months after he wrote "Persuade into the Table", at the age of 54.