李笃 / Li Du (late Han)

Overview

Li Du is the late-Han figure who shelters 张俭 in Donglai during the 169 CE party-prohibition flight and persuades 毛钦 not to arrest him.

Current Profile

Hanji 894 presents Li Du as a host operating inside a lethal political-persecution field. He does not openly confess to sheltering Zhang Jian, but he speaks to Mao Qin in a coded, morally loaded way: if such a famous man were present, insistence on arrest would not be necessary. His role is therefore neither simple defiance nor ordinary concealment; it is discretionary protection under a law that can destroy hosts.

Key Characteristics

• Shelter provider for Zhang Jian during the late-Han party-prohibition pursuit.
• Uses indirect speech to protect the fugitive without forcing Mao Qin into explicit complicity.
• Treats Zhang Jian’s name and moral standing as reasons to suspend ordinary arrest logic.
• Shows how local discretion can briefly interrupt political terror without dismantling it.

Evidence

• Shelter role: Hanji 894 says Zhang Jian reaches Donglai and hides in Li Du’s home.
• Coded negotiation: Hanji 894 has Li Du first deny that he would knowingly hide a wanted criminal, then add that if Zhang Jian were present, Mao Qin need not insist on arrest.
• Shared moral framing: Hanji 894 presents Li Du as offering Mao Qin a share of仁义 if he chooses not to take Zhang Jian.

Qualifications

This page rests on one short source note. It does not establish Li Du’s broader biography, office, kinship network, or later fate. The page preserves the episode’s spelling and treats the precise dialogue as source-scoped.

What Changed

• Initial page created from Hanji 894’s Donglai shelter and Mao Qin negotiation scene.

Relationships

• 张俭 - fugitive whom Li Du shelters during the party-prohibition pursuit.
• 毛钦 - local official whom Li Du persuades not to arrest Zhang Jian.
• 戏子然 - next refuge point in the episode’s escape route.
• 收留逃亡者的牵连风险 - concept embodied by Li Du’s high-risk hospitality.
• 忠义牵连困境 - broader moral frame for accepting danger on behalf of another person.