胡腾 / Hu Teng (late Han)

Overview

胡腾 / Hu Teng is a late-Han figure introduced by Hanji 888 as an old subordinate in Dou Wu’s great-general office. After Dou Wu’s death, Hu Teng buries and mourns him, then hides Dou Wu’s young grandson.

Current Profile

Hu Teng’s profile centers on retainer loyalty after political collapse. He does not simply avoid the defeated patron’s name; he gives Dou Wu burial and public mourning, accepting that this destroys his eligibility for office. The source then makes the loyalty more concrete by having him protect Dou Wu’s two-year-old grandson as if the child were his own son.

The hiding place is Lingling Commandery, where Zhang Chang helps keep the child safe. Because the grandson and Zhang Chang remain thinly identified in the source note, this page keeps them source-scoped while making Hu Teng a canonical route for the episode’s orphan-protection branch.

Key Characteristics

• Hu Teng is a former subordinate of Dou Wu in the great-general office.
• His first defining act is burial and public mourning for a politically defeated patron.
• He accepts loss of official eligibility as the price of honoring Dou Wu.
• He later hides Dou Wu’s two-year-old grandson as his own son.
• His loyalty depends on long-term concealment and helper trust rather than public argument.

Evidence

• Retainer context: Hanji 888 identifies Hu Teng as an old subordinate from Dou Wu’s great-general office.
• Burial and mourning: Hanji 888 says Hu Teng buries Dou Wu and mourns publicly, losing the possibility of office.
• Orphan protection: Hanji 888 says Hu Teng raises Dou Wu’s two-year-old grandson as his own son.
• Concealment network: Hanji 888 places the hidden child in Lingling Commandery with help from Zhang Chang.

Qualifications

• The page is source-scoped to Hanji 888 and does not yet supply Hu Teng’s broader career.
• Zhang Chang is kept source-scoped because the episode gives too little evidence for a stable canonical route.
• Dou Wu’s grandson is not named in the source note, so the page records the protected child without inventing an identity.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 888’s account of Hu Teng burying Dou Wu and protecting Dou Wu’s grandson.

Relationships

• Hanji 888 - source note for Hu Teng’s profile.
• 窦武 - defeated patron whom Hu Teng buries and mourns.
• 零陵郡 - hiding location for Dou Wu’s grandson.
• 故吏报恩伦理 - related concept for obligation from former subordinates to patrons.
• 赴死式责任承担 - related concept for responsibility under lethal political risk.
• 忠义牵连困境 - related dilemma because protecting a child depends on other helpers accepting danger.