李润 / Li Run (late Han)

Overview

李润 / Li Run appears in the Shun restoration block as a palace eunuch whose alignment is coerced at the coup’s decisive gate and then remains politically ambiguous after victory. Hanji 803 makes him the spared guard forced into the restoration coalition; Hanji 804 and Hanji 805 show why partial or suspect alignment matters after the coup succeeds.

Current Profile

Hanji 803 places Li Run at Zhangtai Gate with Jiang Jin, Liu An, and Chen Da when 孙程 and 王康 launch the restoration coup. The coup group kills the other three as Yan Taihou’s loyalists, puts a blade to Li Run’s neck, and demands that he join the effort to enthrone Liu Bao / 汉顺帝. Li Run accepts and then helps summon shangshu officials and bring the imperial carriage into the South Palace.

Hanji 804 explains the reward consequence. Li Run is excluded from the full restoration reward group because he joins after the point-of-no-return moment rather than committing at the first gate action. His case clarifies why the later reward list is also a commitment record.

Hanji 805 makes Li Run part of the cleanup field. Yu Xu later impeaches Li Run with other Yan-connected ministers and older eunuchs, showing that being useful during the forced transition does not erase suspicion about prior alignment.

Key Characteristics

• Gate-side palace actor whose survival depends on accepting coerced alignment with the restoration coup.
• Operational contributor after coercion because he helps summon officials and move the imperial carriage.
• Excluded or limited in reward status because he did not commit at the initial coup threshold.
• Later cleanup target, suggesting his prior Yan-side or non-restoration alignment remains politically visible.
• Example of how palace coups sort actors by timing as well as formal participation.

Evidence

• Coerced alignment: Hanji 803 says Sun Cheng’s group threatens Li Run with a blade and requires him to support Liu Bao’s enthronement.
• Operational role: Hanji 803 says Li Run and others summon shangshu officials and follow the imperial carriage into the South Palace.
• Reward boundary: Hanji 804 says Li Run is not included like the first committed restoration participants because he joins midway.
• Cleanup target: Hanji 805 says Yu Xu impeaches Li Run among Yan-connected and non-restoration palace actors.

Qualifications

This page is bounded to Hanji 803, Hanji 804, and Hanji 805. It does not prove Li Run’s private loyalties, later punishment, or full office history. The current profile treats him as a coerced and politically ambiguous actor because the sources show forced participation, limited reward, and later suspicion rather than a settled faction biography.

What Changed

• Created Li Run as the coerced gate-side participant whose timing affects restoration credit and later cleanup exposure.

Relationships

• 孙程 - coup leader whose group coerces Li Run into the restoration.
• 王康 - co-executor at Zhangtai Gate when Li Run is forced to choose.
• 汉顺帝 - restored ruler whom Li Run helps install after coercion.
• 阎太后 - defeated dowager whose loyalists are killed beside Li Run.
• 虞诩 - later cleanup official who impeaches Li Run.
• 宫廷政变中的符印与门户控制 - operational setting where gate action and bodily coercion decide alignment.
• 宫变功劳分配风险 - reward mechanism that distinguishes first commitment from later coerced cooperation.