义纵 / Yi Zong (Western Han)

Overview

义纵 / Yi Zong enters the wiki through Hanji 402-2 as an earlier Han Wudi-era cruel-official figure whose fall helps set up 杜周’s move to the front of the legal-administrative stage.

Current Profile

The source gives Yi Zong only as a chronological and type marker. Alongside 张汤, he represents the harsh-official line before Du Zhou’s rise. The page therefore remains a placeholder with source-grounded identity only, not a biography.

Key Characteristics

• Western Han cruel-official figure named in the Han Wudi-era legal background.
• Predecessor or prior-stage actor whose fall precedes Du Zhou’s greater prominence.
• Source-scoped identity with no independent career reconstruction yet.

Evidence

Cruel-official background:

• Hanji 402-2 says Zhang Tang and Yi Zong fall before Du Zhou gradually moves to the foreground.

Qualifications

This page is only grounded in a brief mention from Hanji 402-2. It does not reconstruct Yi Zong’s offices, cases, death, or full place in the Western Han cruel-official tradition.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 402-2 to keep the Du Zhou cruel-official background linked without overbuilding it.

Relationships

• 杜周 - later cruel official whose rise is framed after Yi Zong’s fall.
• 张汤 - paired earlier cruel-official figure in the source’s chronology.
• 汉武帝 - ruler whose harsh legal environment frames the source mention.