董元 / Dong Yuan (late Han)

Overview

董元 / Dong Yuan is 单超’s maternal grandson and the Shuofang administrator in Hanji 851. His source-bounded role is to make 第五种’s exile dangerous after Fifth Zhong has already been framed by Shan Chao.

Current Profile

After Fifth Zhong’s report against 单匡 and Shan Chao, Shan Chao uses 叔孙无忌’s disorder as a pretext to have Fifth Zhong demoted or exiled to Shuofang. Dong Yuan’s position there matters because he is Shan Chao’s family member and is described as planning to harm Fifth Zhong.

The episode gives Dong Yuan no independent policy profile. He functions as the endpoint of a retaliation network: central protection follows Fifth Zhong from investigation to exile, until 孙斌 intercepts the route and sends Fifth Zhong home.

Key Characteristics

• Shan Chao family member placed in a frontier exile destination.
• Shuofang administrator whose office turns Fifth Zhong’s exile into personal danger.
• Retaliation endpoint in the Shan Kuang and Fifth Zhong case.
• Source-bounded actor with no independent agenda yet recorded.

Evidence

• Kinship: Hanji 851 identifies Dong Yuan as Shan Chao’s maternal grandson.
• Office and location: Hanji 851 says Dong Yuan is Shuofang administrator when Fifth Zhong is exiled there.
• Harm risk: Hanji 851 says Dong Yuan plans to harm Fifth Zhong.
• Rescue context: Hanji 851 says Sun Bin rescues Fifth Zhong before that exile danger can mature.

Qualifications

Dong Yuan’s page is source-bounded to Hanji 851. It does not yet establish his broader career, family tree beyond Shan Chao, or whether the plan against Fifth Zhong was formally authorized. Shuofang is kept source-scoped pending further evidence.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 851.
• Added Dong Yuan as the exile-destination threat in the Fifth Zhong retaliation chain.

Relationships

• 单超 - maternal grandfather and patronage source connecting Dong Yuan to the retaliation chain.
• 第五种 - exiled target whom Dong Yuan threatens.
• 孙斌 - rescuer whose intervention prevents Fifth Zhong from reaching Dong Yuan’s field.
• 单匡 - earlier offender whose case leads into Fifth Zhong’s exile.
• 宦官庇护下的地方暴行 - concept extended by the danger following Fifth Zhong into exile.