韩琦 / Han Qi

Han Qi is the senior official addressed by [[SuZhe|苏辙]] in [[ShangShumiHanTaiweiShu|《上枢密韩太尉书》]] in 164.古文的力量：请收下这份千年未变的深情、洞见和勇气. The episode introduces him as the powerful figure whom the young Su Zhe wanted to meet as part of expanding experience and entering the official world.

The source also says Han Qi later persuaded [[SongRenzong|宋仁宗]] to delay a special examination so Su Zhe could participate after illness. That makes him part of the episode’s broader claim that patronage, literary recognition, and official opportunity were intertwined in Northern Song elite careers.

Connections

• [[SuZhe|苏辙]] and [[ShangShumiHanTaiweiShu|《上枢密韩太尉书》]] - direct source relationship.
• [[SongRenzong|宋仁宗]] - ruler he persuades in the later exam story.
• [[SuShi|苏轼 / 苏东坡]], [[SuXun|苏洵]], and [[OuyangXiu|欧阳修]] - broader Su-family literary network.
• Classical Prose Reading / 古文阅读 and Reading As Life Experience - interpretive frame for the letter.