刘刚 / Liu Gang (Eastern Han)

Overview

刘刚 / Liu Gang enters the wiki as the falsely accused younger brother in the murder case of Duxiang marquis Liu Chang. Hanji 760 uses him to show how a powerful outer-relative can redirect suspicion toward a convenient royal-family target until officials challenge the investigative direction.

Current Profile

Hanji 760 says Dou Xian kills Liu Chang and frames Liu Gang. Court investigators interrogate Liu Gang, but Han Leng argues that the killer should be sought in the capital rather than far away. He Chang then criticizes the blind pursuit of an unnamed culprit and supports a broader review that quickly clears the real direction of the case.

Liu Gang’s profile is therefore evidence of procedural distortion under court power, not a biography. He matters because the accusation against him lets the source show how suspicion is redirected, challenged, and overturned.

Key Characteristics

• Eastern Han royal kinsman tied to the Liu Chang murder case.
• Younger brother framed by Dou Xian after Liu Chang’s killing.
• Interrogated by officials before the investigation is redirected.
• Procedural evidence for scapegoating risk under outer-relative pressure.
• Source-bounded figure with no independent policy profile in the current wiki.

Evidence

• False accusation: Hanji 760 says Dou Xian blames Liu Gang after arranging Liu Chang’s murder.
• Initial interrogation: Hanji 760 says an imperial censor and Qingzhou inspector are sent to interrogate Liu Gang.
• Investigative correction: Hanji 760 says Han Leng argues that the real killer is in the capital and that the search should not avoid the nearer danger.
• Case reversal: Hanji 760 says He Chang’s intervention helps the Three Excellencies’ offices solve the case and identify Dou Xian.

Qualifications

The source does not present Liu Gang’s own testimony, office, later treatment, or full family context. He remains a source-bounded legal-case figure unless another note adds independent evidence.

What Changed

• Created Liu Gang as the framed brother in Hanji 760’s Liu Chang murder case.
• Added a procedural-scapegoat node to the early Dou Xian court-power arc.

Relationships

• 都乡侯刘畅 - elder brother whose murder is falsely redirected onto Liu Gang.
• 窦宪 - powerholder who frames Liu Gang in the source.
• 韩棱 - official whose judgment challenges the accusation direction.
• 何敞 - official whose case argument helps overturn the false trail.
• 君臣反馈失灵 - broader failure pattern because investigation initially follows a politically convenient target.