董班 / Dong Ban (Nanyang, late Han)

Overview

董班 / Dong Ban is the Nanyang figure in Hanji 830 who joins 郭亮 in mourning 李固 at the publicly displayed body despite 梁冀’s threat of punishment.

Current Profile

Hanji 830 defines Dong Ban by his shared action with Guo Liang. After Li Gu and 杜乔 die in prison, Liang Ji displays their bodies north of Luoyang and forbids mourning. Dong Ban and Guo Liang go anyway and remain at the body despite official threats.

Their answer to the亭长 turns mourning into a public moral act: Li Gu’s righteousness makes life and death secondary. 梁妠 / 梁太后 hears of the act and pardons them, and Dong Ban later withdraws permanently from office with Guo Liang and 杨匡.

Key Characteristics

• Nanyang mourner tied to Li Gu’s posthumous defense.
• Acts with Guo Liang under Liang Ji’s explicit mourning ban.
• Treats Li Gu’s righteousness as stronger than fear of punishment.
• Receives Liang Na’s pardon after the act becomes known.
• Withdraws from official service after the burial sequence.

Evidence

• Defiant mourning: Hanji 830 says Dong Ban and Guo Liang mourn Li Gu at the displayed body despite the ban.
• Threat response: Hanji 830 says the two answer threats by invoking Li Gu’s righteousness and disregarding life and death.
• Pardon: Hanji 830 says Liang Na pardons Dong Ban and Guo Liang.
• Withdrawal: Hanji 830 says Dong Ban later lives hidden and never returns to office.

Qualifications

This page is bounded to Hanji 830 and does not reconstruct Dong Ban’s offices, family, or later biography beyond the mourning and withdrawal sequence.

What Changed

• Created Dong Ban as the Nanyang companion in Guo Liang’s Li Gu mourning defiance.

Relationships

• 郭亮 - companion in mourning Li Gu under threat.
• 李固 - dead official whose righteousness motivates Dong Ban’s action.
• 梁冀 - powerholder whose ban makes mourning dangerous.
• 梁妠 / 梁太后 - dowager who pardons Dong Ban.
• 杨匡 - parallel mourner who protects Du Qiao’s body and later withdraws.
• 恐怖政治下的丧葬抗命 - concept illustrated by Dong Ban’s refusal to leave the body.