刘纳 / Liu Na (late Han)

刘纳 was a shangshu in Hanji 918 and one of the officials who urge 刘郃 to act against 曹节.

The episode gives Liu Na the hard version of the responsibility argument: if a senior minister sees a collapsing state and does not support it, his rank is empty. That rhetoric helps overcome Liu He’s caution but cannot prevent the fatal leak through 阳球 and 程璜.

Connections

• 陈球 / Chen Qiu (late Han) — co-persuader in the anti-Cao Jie plot.
• 刘郃 / Liu He (late-Han situ) — minister pressed into action.
• 阳球 / Yang Qiu (late Han) and 程璜 / Cheng Huang (late Han) — leak path that destroys the plan.
• Political Survival First / 安全第一政治生存 — Liu Na’s moral urgency collides with the need to survive long enough to act effectively.