唐玹 / Tang Xuan (late Han)

Overview

唐玹 / Tang Xuan is 唐衡’s brother and Jingzhao official in Hanji 853. His source-bounded significance is the private-enmity branch in which he destroys 赵岐’s family and drives Zhao Qi into fugitive concealment.

Current Profile

Hanji 853 places Tang Xuan inside the Huan-era eunuch-marquis family ecology. He is identified as the brother of Tang Heng, a Ruyang marquis in the episode’s frame, and holds the Jingzhao office. The source says he had a prior bad relationship with Zhao Qi.

That enmity becomes lethal state-backed retaliation. Tang Xuan captures Zhao Qi’s family and relatives, accuses them of serious crimes, and kills them all. Zhao Qi escapes, changes his name, and survives by selling cakes in the Beihai market before 孙嵩 shelters him.

Key Characteristics

• Brother of Tang Heng and officeholder in the Huan-era eunuch-family field.
• Jingzhao official whose private hostility toward Zhao Qi becomes public punishment.
• Persecutor who destroys Zhao Qi’s family and kin through criminal accusation.
• Source-bounded example of private grievance using official power.

Evidence

• Kinship and office: Hanji 853 says Tang Xuan is Tang Heng’s brother and serves as Jingzhao official.
• Prior hostility: Hanji 853 says Tang Xuan and Zhao Qi are already at odds.
• Family destruction: Hanji 853 says Tang Xuan captures Zhao Qi’s family and relatives, charges them with serious crimes, and kills them.
• Flight consequence: Hanji 853 says Zhao Qi escapes, changes his name, and survives in the Beihai market.

Qualifications

The raw source writes 唐玄; this page normalizes the route to 唐玹 because the Tang Heng family and late-Han context match the established sequence. The source does not give Tang Xuan’s full career, procedural details, or later death notice beyond saying Zhao Qi reemerges after Tang Heng’s brothers die and an amnesty occurs.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 853’s Tang Heng family and Zhao Qi persecution branch.

Relationships

• 唐衡 - brother whose eunuch-marquis status situates Tang Xuan’s power.
• 赵岐 - target whose family is destroyed and who escapes into concealment.
• 孙嵩 - later shelterer who protects Zhao Qi from the danger Tang Xuan creates.
• 桓帝五侯 - court-reward ecology behind Tang-family influence.
• 以国力行私仇 - concept illustrated by private hostility operating through official punishment.