王龚 / Wang Gong (Taiwei, late Han)

Overview

王龚 / Wang Gong (Taiwei, late Han) enters the wiki through Hanji 818 as the former Sikong appointed taiwei in 136 CE under 汉顺帝. The episode uses him as the title case for why a high official confronting eunuch power needs credible allies who can move a defense through the court quickly.

Current Profile

Wang Gong’s current profile is bounded to one source note. After becoming taiwei, he submits a forceful memorial against eunuch domination and lists their offenses, but the eunuch side answers by using clients to accuse him in court. Shun orders Wang Gong to appear and explain himself, making the accusation immediately dangerous.

The rescue chain matters more than Wang Gong’s own speech after the accusation. 李固 writes urgently to 梁商, arguing that a Three Excellency should not be hauled before judicial offices unless the charge is grave enough to justify that humiliation. Liang Shang then presents the point to Shun, and Shun cancels the investigation.

Later in the episode, Wang Gong again wants to impeach the eunuch 张防 and demand execution. His relatives invoke 杨震’s fate, and Wang Gong stops, showing that even a protected escape does not erase the survival risk of direct anti-eunuch confrontation.

Key Characteristics

• Senior Shun-era official whose taiwei appointment places him inside direct court-eunuch conflict.
• Anti-eunuch remonstrant whose memorial triggers immediate retaliatory accusation.
• Protected official whose survival depends on Li Gu and Liang Shang turning status and procedure into a defense.
• Repeat critic who still retreats when kin remind him that Yang Zhen’s precedent makes direct escalation dangerous.
• Disambiguated Wang Gong route, kept separate from the existing Wang Gong/Wang 肱 page.

Evidence

• Taiwei and anti-eunuch speech: Hanji 818 says Wang Gong is appointed taiwei after serving as Sikong and submits a fierce memorial against eunuch power.
• Retaliatory accusation: Hanji 818 says eunuch-linked clients accuse Wang Gong and Shun orders him to present himself.
• Rescue chain: Hanji 818 says Li Gu writes to Liang Shang, Liang Shang speaks to Shun, and Shun cancels the inquiry.
• Later restraint: Hanji 818 says Wang Gong later abandons an impeachment plan against Zhang Fang after relatives cite Yang Zhen.
• Disambiguation: Hanji 818 supplies a Shun-era Three Excellency case, so this page is separate from 王肱 of the later Dong Commandery branch.

Qualifications

This page is source-bounded to Hanji 818 and does not reconstruct Wang Gong’s full biography. The episode transcript writes 王公; the page uses 王龚 as the normalized durable route while preserving the transcript uncertainty in the source note. Zhang Fang’s exact title and the contents of Wang Gong’s memorial remain source-scoped.

What Changed

• Created a disambiguated Shun-era Wang Gong page for the 136 CE taiwei and anti-eunuch accusation case.
• Kept him separate from the existing later 王肱 page.

Relationships

• 汉顺帝 - ruler who appoints Wang Gong taiwei and later cancels the investigation.
• 李固 - ally whose memorial starts the rescue chain.
• 梁商 - court intermediary who carries Li Gu’s defense to Shun.
• 张防 - later anti-eunuch impeachment target Wang Gong abandons under survival pressure.
• 杨震 - cautionary precedent used by Wang Gong’s relatives.
• 朝廷盟友保护网络 - concept modeled by Wang Gong’s rescue.
• 王肱 - separate same-pronunciation late-Han figure.