Lou Hu (Western Han) / 楼护

Overview

Lou Hu / 楼护 enters the wiki through Hanji 616 as the Guanghan governor who arrests 吕宽 after the dog-blood case becomes a court matter.

Current Profile

Lou Hu’s role is a brief official-risk test. In the variant account, Lu Kuan reaches Guanghan and meets Lou Hu without disclosing the dog-blood act. Once the arrest order arrives, Lou Hu chooses state compliance over any private tie or hospitality obligation and sends Lu Kuan back to Chang’an.

Key Characteristics

• Guanghan governor in the source’s variant account.
• Temporary host or contact for the fugitive Lu Kuan.
• Official who chooses political self-protection and compliance with the arrest order.
• Contrast figure showing how Wang Mang’s power reshapes private relation into state risk.

Evidence

• Guanghan encounter: Hanji 616 says Lu Kuan reaches Guanghan and meets Lou Hu in one version.
• Arrest decision: Hanji 616 says Lou Hu seizes Lu Kuan after the court order arrives and sends him to Chang’an.

Qualifications

This page is bounded to Hanji 616. It does not reconstruct Lou Hu’s full career, relationship with Lu Kuan, or private motive beyond the episode’s risk-weighting interpretation.

What Changed

• Created Lou Hu as the official who returns Lu Kuan to Chang’an in the case variant.

Relationships

• 吕宽 - fugitive whom Lou Hu arrests.
• 王莽 - dominant court actor whose order determines Lou Hu’s risk calculation.
• 狗血案 - case that gives Lou Hu his source role.