尹忠 / Yin Zhong (Western Han)

Overview

尹忠 / Yin Zhong enters the wiki through Hanji 507 as the Yushi Dafu blamed after the Yellow River flood. The episode says 汉成帝 sharply criticizes his rescue plan as rough and impractical, after which Yin Zhong kills himself.

Current Profile

Yin Zhong’s page records a disaster-accountability role rather than a full career. Hanji 507 contrasts the earlier failure to invest in prevention with harsh scrutiny after the breach. Yin Zhong stands at that second stage: once flooding has already destroyed offices, stations, housing, and fields, the court demands usable rescue planning, and an official whose plan is judged inadequate becomes the visible liability point.

Key Characteristics

• Western Han Yushi Dafu in the Hanji 507 flood aftermath.
• Blamed by Chengdi for a rescue plan judged crude and impractical.
• Kills himself after imperial reprimand.
• Illustrates the office-liability side of disaster response after prevention has failed.

Evidence

• Office and setting: Hanji 507 identifies Yin Zhong as Yushi Dafu during the flood response.
• Reprimand: Hanji 507 says Chengdi criticizes Yin Zhong’s rescue plan as careless and unrealistic.
• Death: Hanji 507 says Yin Zhong kills himself after the reprimand.

Qualifications

This page is source-scoped to Hanji 507. It does not reconstruct Yin Zhong’s full office career, the complete rescue proposal, or the legal/political expectations attached to Yushi Dafu disaster planning.

What Changed

• Created Yin Zhong from Hanji 507’s post-flood blame sequence.

Relationships

• 汉成帝 - ruler who reprimands Yin Zhong.
• 预防性水患治理 - adjacent concept because late blame follows earlier preventive failure.
• Disaster Response State Capacity - broader concept for rescue logistics and official accountability.
• 黄河 - disaster setting for the case.