郑均 / Zheng Jun (Eastern Han)

Overview

郑均 / Zheng Jun now has a fuller Zhangdi-era integrity profile. Hanji 754 supplies the anti-corruption family anecdote in detail, while Hanji 755 shows Emperor Zhang later honoring him as the “white-clothed Shangshu” figure during the imperial tour.

Current Profile

Hanji 754 presents Zheng Jun as an integrity actor before the imperial honor layer. His elder brother has taken bribes while serving in county office. Zheng Jun leaves home, works as hired labor, returns money and goods to his brother, and warns that ordinary money can be earned again while corrupt official crime can bring lifelong regret. The brother then stops taking bribes and becomes a clean official.

This makes Zheng Jun the wiki’s anchor case for action-backed anti-corruption persuasion. The advice works because Zheng Jun does not only condemn his brother; he bears cost and changes the brother’s practical options.

Hanji 755 then identifies Zheng Jun as the commoner whom Zhangdi grants a lifetime Shangshu stipend, hence the “white-clothed Shangshu” label. The honor makes him a learned and morally legible figure outside normal officeholding and places private integrity inside Zhangdi’s public recognition of classical conduct.

Key Characteristics

• Eastern Han integrity figure whose anti-corruption persuasion is backed by personal labor and repayment.
• Brother-correction case where clean officeholding becomes a family and public-office problem at once.
• Learned commoner honored by Emperor Zhang with lifetime Shangshu stipend.
• “White-clothed Shangshu” figure whose status comes from recognition rather than normal officeholding.
• Practical integrity voice whose warning emphasizes lifelong consequence as much as purity.

Evidence

• Brother’s corruption case: Hanji 754 says Zheng Jun’s brother had taken many bribes while serving in office.
• Action-backed persuasion: Hanji 754 says Zheng leaves home, works for wages, returns money and goods, and warns against corrupt official crime.
• Changed conduct: Hanji 754 says the brother stops taking bribes and becomes a clean official.
• Imperial honor: Hanji 755 says Zhangdi visits Rencheng and grants Zheng Jun a lifetime Shangshu stipend despite his commoner status.
• White-clothed title: Hanji 755 says Zheng Jun is called “white-clothed Shangshu.”

Qualifications

This page remains bounded to Hanji 754 and Hanji 755. It does not reconstruct Zheng Jun’s complete biography or turn the brother anecdote into a comprehensive Eastern Han anti-corruption doctrine. The modern corruption comparison in Hanji 754 remains source commentary, not direct evidence for Zheng Jun’s historical context.

What Changed

• Added Hanji 754 as the detailed labor-backed anti-corruption persuasion layer.
• Reframed the Hanji 755 “white-clothed Shangshu” honor as public recognition of the earlier integrity profile.

Relationships

• 汉章帝 - ruler who honors Zheng Jun with local recognition and a lifetime Shangshu stipend.
• 毛毅 - paired integrity figure honored with Zheng Jun in Hanji 754.
• 行动托底式反腐劝诫 - concept created from Zheng Jun’s labor-backed persuasion of his brother.
• 张酺 - another learning-and-teacher figure honored in the same Zhangdi tour source.
• 第五伦 - nearby integrity figure in the Zhangdi-era source sequence, though Fifth Lun’s self-scrutiny comes through Hanji 756.
• 良知高于党派 - adjacent ethical concept because Zheng Jun’s anecdote centers internal moral constraint.
• 礼制政治秩序 - broader classical-order field in which learned conduct and imperial recognition become politically legible.