周苛 / Zhou Ke
周苛 / Zhou Ke enters the wiki through Hanji 162-1 as the 御史大夫 whom 刘邦 leaves in charge of the 荥阳 garrison after escaping through 纪信’s substitution. The source presents Zhou Ke as a core Liu Bang-side figure trusted enough to hold the city during the worst phase of the 荥阳相持.
His main action in this episode is the decision, together with 枞公, to execute 魏豹. The host frames the act as both a trust judgment and a garrison-commitment device: Wei Bao’s repeated shifts between Chu and Han make him dangerous inside a doomed or nearly doomed defense, so killing him signals that compromise with 项羽 is no longer available.
Hanji 162-2 completes Zhou Ke’s Xingyang branch. After 项羽 retakes the Xingyang/成皋 line, Zhou Ke is captured. Xiang Yu offers him high military rank and a large fief, but Zhou Ke refuses, insults Xiang Yu as doomed before 刘邦, and is boiled; 枞公 is killed in the same aftermath.
Connections
- Hanji 162-2, 项羽, 成皋, and 枞公 - capture, refusal of inducement, and execution after the central-front fall.
- 刘邦, 纪信, and 荥阳相持 - commander, sacrificial escape, and defensive setting.
- 枞公 and 魏豹 - co-decision maker and executed unreliable king.
- 韩王信 and 荥阳 - other remaining garrison figure and city under siege.
Open Questions
- The sources identify Zhou Ke’s trusted status, office, and death, but do not give a fuller independent biography in these episodes.