刘祐 / Liu You (late Han)

Overview

Liu You was a late-Han fiscal official whose current wiki profile centers on a confiscation order against eunuch-held property. His case matters because it shows that even formal action against visibly improper acquisitions by powerful eunuchs could be punished as political offense.

Current Profile

Liu You appears as dasinong, an office responsible for state finance and property. When Su Kang and Guan Ba obtain valuable land and residences at low prices, Liu You orders confiscation, positioning himself on the side of fiscal rectification rather than palace deference.

The result is not restitution but punishment: Emperor Huan sends Liu You to left-workshop labor along with Li Ying and Feng Gun. A later pardon effort places him among officials whose punishments were politically reversible and morally contestable.

Key Characteristics

• Fiscal official whose case centers on property confiscation rather than speech alone.
• Direct challenger of Su Kang and Guan Ba’s underpriced acquisitions.
• Punished alongside Li Ying and Feng Gun after enforcement threatens eunuch interests.
• Later included in Ying Feng’s pardon campaign, marking his punishment as part of a broader court correction issue.

Evidence

• Fiscal enforcement role: Hanji 866 identifies Liu You as dasinong and records his order to confiscate the properties acquired by Su Kang and Guan Ba.
• Punishment inversion: Hanji 866 says Liu You is punished with Li Ying and Feng Gun after the confiscation effort angers Emperor Huan.
• Later recoverability: Hanji 869 includes Liu You among officials whose pardon Ying Feng requests during the later reset.

Qualifications

This page should not be confused with Liu Yu / Liu Yu of Youzhou or Liu Yu the Guangling remonstrant. Its current scope is the fiscal official 刘祐 in the Emperor Huan court crisis.

What Changed

• Created the page for Liu You as a distinct late-Han fiscal official.
• Connected the confiscation episode to Su Kang and Guan Ba’s property privilege.
• Linked his punishment to the later Ying Feng pardon context.

Relationships

• Su Kang - eunuch official whose property acquisitions Liu You tries to confiscate.
• Guan Ba - eunuch official whose property acquisitions Liu You tries to confiscate.
• Li Ying - parallel official punished in the same 165 CE enforcement cluster.
• Feng Gun - parallel legal official punished in the same 165 CE cluster.
• Ying Feng - remonstrant who later seeks Liu You’s pardon.
• Eunuch Patronage Violence Shield - Liu You supplies the property-enforcement version of the broader protection pattern.