郝猛 / Hao Meng (Dong Commandery, late Han)

Overview

郝猛 / Hao Meng is the Dong Commandery appointee in Hanji 846 who is killed by 梁冀 before he can even take up ordinary office life. The page keeps him distinct from 郝萌, the later Lü Bu subordinate.

Current Profile

Hanji 846 gives Hao Meng a narrow but sharp source role. He is newly appointed as Dong Commandery administrator and has not yet had time to visit Liang Ji. Liang treats that omission as enough to fabricate or find a charge against him and has him executed by waist-cutting.

The episode uses Hao Meng to show the breadth of Liang’s danger. Unlike Wu Shu, Hao Meng does not first kill Liang’s retainers or deliver a visible admonition. His case shows that simple failure to perform deference can become lethal when a powerholder controls appointments and punishment.

Key Characteristics

• Newly appointed Dong Commandery official whose career is cut off before arrival.
• Victim of lethal punishment for not first visiting Liang Ji.
• Evidence that Liang’s retaliation does not require open resistance.
• Disambiguated from the later 郝萌 / Hao Meng associated with Lü Bu.

Evidence

• Appointment and omission: Hanji 846 says Hao Meng had received the Dong Commandery appointment but had not yet visited Liang Ji.
• Execution: Hanji 846 says Liang finds a charge and has Hao Meng executed by waist-cutting.
• Pattern role: Hanji 846 places Hao Meng among multiple victims used to define Liang’s crime record.

Qualifications

This page is source-bounded. Hanji 846 does not give Hao Meng an independent policy record, factional affiliation, or fuller biography. The title and route use Dong Commandery to avoid confusion with 郝萌.

What Changed

• Hanji 846 creates this disambiguated page for 郝猛 as a deference-failure victim under Liang Ji.

Relationships

• 梁冀 - powerholder who has Hao Meng executed.
• 报复性政治恐怖 - concept illustrated by punishment for noncompliance without developed opposition.
• 吴树 - neighboring official victim in the same source.
• 郝萌 - separate same-pinyin late-Han figure whose route is preserved by disambiguation.