尹勋 / Yin Xun (late Han)

Overview

尹勋 / Yin Xun (late Han) is a Dou-side court actor in the 168 CE anti-eunuch crisis. Hanji 884 first places him among renowned figures entering the power center under 窦妙 / 窦皇太后, 陈蕃, and 窦武. Hanji 885 then places him with 山冰 in the memorial requesting the arrest of 曹节 and 王甫 after 郑飒 / 郑萨’s interrogation. Hanji 886 places him among the figures Wang Fu overcomes when the prison channel reverses.

Current Profile

Yin Xun’s current profile is narrow but no longer only operational. Hanji 884 gives him a reputational entrance: he is listed with 李膺, 杜密, and 刘瑜 among figures whose presence makes士人 expect political repair. Hanji 885 supplies the action layer: after Zheng Sa names Cao Jie and Wang Fu, Yin Xun and Shan Bing submit the memorial that seeks authorization from Dou Miao. The page therefore sits at the point where reform-court prestige becomes anti-eunuch paperwork.

Hanji 886 shows how quickly that position becomes exposed. Wang Fu receives counter-authority, enters the prison channel, acts against Yin Xun and Shan Bing, releases Zheng Sa, and returns with guards to seize Dou Miao. Yin Xun’s role is thus part of the broader lesson that paperwork and custody do not secure a palace crisis unless access, seals, and armed movement are controlled at the same time.

Key Characteristics

• Yin Xun is a renowned reform-cohort figure and Dou-side memorial actor rather than the main strategist in the current evidence.
• His importance comes from turning Zheng Sa’s interrogation into a requested arrest of Cao Jie and Wang Fu.
• His work depends on Dou Miao’s authorization, making him part of the same consent bottleneck as Dou Wu.
• His neutralization in Hanji 886 shows how a memorial path can expose its writers before the target is removed.
• His role links reform prestige, interrogation, paperwork, and palace-access reversal.

Evidence

• Reform-cohort entry: Hanji 884 places Yin Xun among renowned worthy figures entering the court center with Li Ying, Du Mi, and Liu Yu.
• Memorial after interrogation: Hanji 885 says Yin Xun and Shan Bing submit a memorial asking Dou Miao to arrest Cao Jie and Wang Fu after Zheng Sa’s interrogation.
• Consent bottleneck: Hanji 885 places that memorial inside Dou Wu’s continued reliance on procedure and dowager approval.
• Reversal in prison channel: Hanji 886 says Wang Fu acts against Yin Xun and Shan Bing after receiving counter-authority.
• Seizure consequence: Hanji 886 links that reversal to Zheng Sa’s release and Wang Fu’s later seizure of Dou Miao and the seals.

Qualifications

• The source notes do not supply a full biography or independent motive for Yin Xun.
• The page treats Yin Xun as a stable operational node only because Hanji 885 and Hanji 886 connect the same memorial/prison sequence.
• His role should not be merged with unrelated same-name figures without source confirmation.

What Changed

• The profile now includes Yin Xun’s reform-cohort reputation before his memorial role.
• The page clarifies how Dou-side prestige and paperwork became exposed before the target faction was disabled.

Relationships

• 山冰 - partner in the memorial requesting Cao Jie and Wang Fu’s arrest.
• 李膺, 杜密, and 刘瑜 - reform-cohort peers in Hanji 884’s court-entry scene.
• 郑飒 / 郑萨 - interrogation source that gives the memorial its accusation content.
• 窦武 - anti-eunuch planner whose procedural path Yin Xun serves.
• 窦妙 / 窦皇太后 - authorization point for the requested arrests.
• 曹节 and 王甫 - arrest targets named in the memorial path.
• 致命计划泄露风险 - concept for exposed intent before completed action.
• 名器合法性 - symbolic authority field lost when Wang Fu seizes seals after reversing the channel.