秦功 / Qin Gong (late Han)

Overview

秦功 / Qin Gong is the Liang-household slave or steward in Hanji 833 whose private service to 梁冀 and 孙寿 turns into public office and access power. The episode presents him as reaching the office of Taicang ling, entering Sun Shou’s residence freely, and becoming a person whom provincial and commandery officials visit before taking office.

Current Profile

Qin Gong matters because he shows Liang Ji’s power below the level of titled kin. In the episode, he is not a minister with independent public standing; he is a household subordinate whose closeness to Liang and Sun Shou lets him function as an access broker between the family and formal officials. His role therefore makes the Liang network visible as household administration bleeding into state administration.

The source keeps Qin Gong’s profile source-bounded. It does not provide his earlier career, later fate, or independent policy action. His significance is the signal: when officials headed to provinces or commanderies first visit a household servant, formal office order has already been displaced by private gatekeeping.

Key Characteristics

• Liang-household subordinate whose status depends on proximity to Liang Ji and Sun Shou.
• Officeholder said by the source to reach Taicang ling despite originating in household service.
• Access broker who can enter Sun Shou’s residence and receive official visits.
• Evidence point for private household authority displacing ordinary bureaucratic sequence.
• Source-bounded figure whose current page should not infer a full career beyond Hanji 833.

Evidence

• Household origin and office: Hanji 833 says Qin Gong is a favored Liang-household slave or steward who reaches the office of Taicang ling.
• Sun Shou access: Hanji 833 says he can freely enter Sun Shou’s residence.
• Official gatekeeping signal: Hanji 833 says provincial inspectors and commandery administrators first visit Qin Gong before taking office.
• System meaning: Hanji 833 places Qin Gong inside a broader Liang-Sun estate and extraction network, linking household access to outer-relative power.

Qualifications

The supplied source renders the name as 秦功 and gives a compact role summary rather than a full biography. The page preserves the source’s naming and does not resolve character-variant questions beyond the Qin Gong route. It should not be merged with unrelated Qin or Gong-name figures without a stronger identity signal.

What Changed

• Hanji 833 creates Qin Gong as a source-bounded Liang-household access broker and officeholder.

Relationships

• 梁冀 - household powerholder whose private network gives Qin Gong significance.
• 孙寿 - household superior whose residence access marks Qin Gong’s proximity.
• 外戚专权与清算 - broader structure in which private household service becomes public access power.
• 朝廷开府任官失序 - adjacent office-capture pattern signaled by officials visiting a household subordinate before taking office.
• Hanji 833 - sole current source note for Qin Gong’s profile.