胡武 / Hu Wu (Taiyuan, late Han)

Overview

胡武 / Hu Wu is the Taiyuan figure in Hanji 846 whose association with Yuan Zhu and exclusion of 梁冀 from a talent-recommendation letter lead to the destruction of more than sixty members of his household. This page is distinct from 胡武 of Zhang Chu.

Current Profile

Hanji 846 pairs Hu Wu with Hao Jie. The two like startling public arguments, are close to Yuan Zhu, and once jointly write to senior court officials recommending talented people without sending the letter to Liang Ji. After Yuan Zhu is killed, Liang reopens that omission as a grievance and orders their arrest.

Hu Wu’s case is the most severe family-punishment branch in the episode. The source says more than sixty members of his household are exterminated. In the episode’s structure, Hu Wu shows how a powerholder’s retaliation can expand beyond the named actor into kinship destruction.

Key Characteristics

• Taiyuan associate of Yuan Zhu and Hao Jie.
• Participant in a talent-recommendation letter that bypasses Liang Ji.
• Victim whose case turns omission and association into lethal liability.
• Household-extermination case involving more than sixty family members.
• Disambiguated from the anti-Qin Zhang Chu official with the same written name.

Evidence

• Association and letter: Hanji 846 says Hu Wu and Hao Jie were close to Yuan Zhu and wrote to senior officials recommending talent without writing to Liang Ji.
• Arrest trigger: Hanji 846 says Liang revives the matter after Yuan Zhu’s death and orders Hu Wu and Hao Jie arrested.
• Family destruction: Hanji 846 says more than sixty members of Hu Wu’s household are exterminated.

Qualifications

This page is source-bounded. Hanji 846 does not give Hu Wu’s office, full family structure, or the text of the recommendation letter. The route uses Taiyuan/LateHan to avoid collision with Hu Wu of Zhang Chu.

What Changed

• Hanji 846 creates this disambiguated late-Han Hu Wu page as the strongest household-extermination example in Liang Ji’s crime record.

Relationships

• 梁冀 - powerholder whose retaliation destroys Hu Wu’s household.
• 郝杰 - paired Taiyuan associate pursued in the same case.
• 袁著 - friend whose killing precedes Liang’s renewed pursuit of Hu Wu.
• 牵连与连坐 - concept illustrated by the family-wide punishment.
• 报复性政治恐怖 - broader terror pattern grounded by Hu Wu’s extermination.