庞淯 / Pang Yu (late Han)

Overview

庞淯 / Pang Yu is a Jiuquan official whose public mourning for the murdered inspector 邯郸商 turns loyalty into an action taken under an explicit death threat.

Current Profile

Hanji 1076 places Pang Yu as county chief at Poqiang when 张猛 kills Handan Shang and forbids mourning. Pang Yu resigns, travels to Wuwei without delay, mourns openly, and carries a dagger intending to kill Zhang Meng. Zhang Meng does not punish him and instead permits him to assist with the funeral, making Pang Yu’s conduct a reputation constraint even on the man he opposes.

Key Characteristics

• Jiuquan man serving as chief of Poqiang in the episode’s account.
• Resigns office rather than let official position block his obligation to Handan Shang.
• Publicly mourns despite Zhang Meng’s threat to kill mourners.
• Prepares personal revenge by carrying a dagger to Zhang Meng’s residence.
• Survives because Zhang Meng reads his loyalty as conduct that should be honored rather than suppressed.

Evidence

• Resignation and mourning: Hanji 1076 says Pang Yu leaves office, hurries to Wuwei, and mourns Handan Shang publicly despite the prohibition.
• Revenge attempt: Hanji 1076 says he carries a dagger and approaches Zhang Meng’s residence intending assassination.
• Reputation effect: Hanji 1076 has Zhang Meng spare him and allow funeral service because killing a loyal man would deepen distrust.

Qualifications

The current page is bounded to one podcast source and does not reconstruct Pang Yu’s wider career. The episode’s exact dialogue and its explanation of Zhang Meng’s guilt are source-scoped literary and psychological framing.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 1076’s Poqiang resignation, Wuwei mourning, attempted revenge, and reprieve sequence.

Relationships

• 邯郸商 - murdered superior whom Pang Yu openly mourns and seeks to avenge.
• 张猛 - killer whom Pang Yu plans to attack and who ultimately spares him.
• 名声约束下的人才保护 - adjacent reputation logic, although this case protects conspicuous loyalty rather than talent recruitment.