郭亮 / Guo Liang (Li Gu student)

Overview

郭亮 / Guo Liang is the young 李固 student in Hanji 830 who first asks to recover Li Gu’s body and then joins 董班 in defying 梁冀’s mourning ban.

Current Profile

Hanji 830 presents Guo Liang after petition channels have already failed to save Li Gu. He carries a petition and punishment gear to the palace gate, asking to collect his teacher’s body. The court refuses.

Guo Liang then goes with Dong Ban to the displayed body north of Luoyang. When threatened by the Xia Gate亭长, they say Li Gu’s righteousness has moved them and they no longer count life and death. 梁妠 / 梁太后 pardons them after hearing of the act, and Guo Liang later withdraws from office with the other mourners.

Key Characteristics

• Young student whose loyalty to Li Gu continues after prison death.
• First seeks formal permission to collect the body.
• Defies Liang Ji’s public mourning ban after permission is denied.
• Accepts death risk alongside Dong Ban at the displayed corpse.
• Withdraws from official life after the burial sequence.

Evidence

• Body-recovery petition: Hanji 830 says Guo Liang brings a petition and punishment gear to request Li Gu’s body.
• Mourning defiance: Hanji 830 says Guo Liang and Dong Ban mourn at Li Gu’s displayed body despite Liang Ji’s ban.
• Risk statement: Hanji 830 says the pair declare themselves moved by Li Gu’s righteousness and ready to disregard life and death.
• Pardon and withdrawal: Hanji 830 says Liang Na pardons Guo Liang and Dong Ban, and that Guo later lives hidden and does not return to office.

Qualifications

This page is bounded to Hanji 830. It does not reconstruct Guo Liang’s later life beyond the source’s claim that he withdraws from official service.

What Changed

• Created Guo Liang as Li Gu’s posthumous student defender and mourning-ban defier.

Relationships

• 李固 - teacher whose body and reputation Guo Liang tries to protect.
• 董班 - companion in the Li Gu mourning-ban defiance.
• 王调 - earlier student petitioner before Li Gu’s death.
• 梁妠 / 梁太后 - dowager who pardons Guo Liang after the defiant mourning reaches court.
• 公开尸体羞辱 - body-display tactic Guo Liang refuses to let stand uncontested.
• 恐怖政治下的丧葬抗命 - concept illustrated by Guo Liang’s petition and mourning.