第五种 / Fifth Zhong (late Han)

Overview

第五种 / Fifth Zhong enters the wiki as the Yanzhou inspector in Hanji 851. His source-bounded profile is an anti-corruption official whose report against 单匡 and 单超 is overtaken by palace retaliation, exile danger, and rescue by a former subordinate.

Current Profile

Fifth Zhong sends 魏宇 to investigate Shan Kuang, the Jiyin administrator and Shan Chao’s nephew. The investigation reports large corrupt wealth and impeaches the family network, but Shan Kuang hires 任芳 to kill Wei Yu and then tries to extract Ren Fang from custody after the plot is detected.

The enforcement chain turns against Fifth Zhong. 杨秉 asks to bring Shan Kuang to Luoyang for confrontation, yet the court punishes Yang Bing instead. 叔孙无忌 then raids Xu and Yan territory, and Shan Chao uses the disorder to frame Fifth Zhong on vague charges. Fifth Zhong is exiled to Shuofang, where Shan Chao’s maternal grandson 董元 creates a fresh threat. 孙斌 rescues him on the road, and Fifth Zhong remains in flight until an amnesty.

Key Characteristics

• Yanzhou inspector who turns local corruption into a case against Shan Kuang and Shan Chao.
• Anti-corruption actor whose evidence channel is punished rather than protected.
• Target of opportunistic accusation after Shusun Wuji’s disorder weakens local control.
• Exile victim whose danger follows him through Shan Chao’s family network.
• Survival case showing why private rescue and flight can replace formal legal protection.

Evidence

• Anti-corruption investigation: Hanji 851 says Fifth Zhong sends Wei Yu to investigate Shan Kuang and report the case upward.
• Palace-family accusation: Hanji 851 says the report impeaches Shan Chao as well as Shan Kuang.
• Retaliatory framing: Hanji 851 says Shan Chao uses Shusun Wuji’s raids to accuse Fifth Zhong and have him demoted or exiled.
• Exile danger: Hanji 851 says Dong Yuan’s Shuofang position makes Fifth Zhong’s exile dangerous.
• Rescue and flight: Hanji 851 says Sun Bin gathers retainers, catches up at Taiyuan, sends Fifth Zhong home, and Fifth Zhong hides for years until an amnesty.

Qualifications

The current page is based only on Hanji 851 and does not yet establish Fifth Zhong’s full career, later offices, or final legal outcome. The route uses “Fifth” as the normalized compound surname for 第五种. The source’s judgment favors Fifth Zhong’s anti-corruption role, but the exact formal charges used against him remain vague in the episode.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 851.
• Defined Fifth Zhong as the inspector-victim in the Shan Kuang witness-suppression and Shan Chao retaliation branch.
• Added his rescue by Sun Bin as a concrete survival case.

Relationships

• 单匡 - corrupt Jiyin administrator whose case Fifth Zhong investigates.
• 单超 - eunuch patron whose family network turns Fifth Zhong’s report into danger.
• 魏宇 - subordinate investigator whose targeted evidence grounds Fifth Zhong’s report.
• 杨秉 - Henan Yin who seeks confrontation over Fifth Zhong’s evidence and is punished.
• 叔孙无忌 - disorder trigger used as pretext against Fifth Zhong.
• 董元 - Shan Chao relative whose Shuofang office makes Fifth Zhong’s exile threatening.
• 孙斌 - former subordinate who rescues Fifth Zhong from the exile route.
• 宦官庇护下的地方暴行 - concept illustrated by the case turning against the enforcement side.