朱伥 / Zhu Chang (late Han)

Overview

朱伥 / Zhu Chang is a Shun-era official whose current wiki role now begins with collective remonstrance before 刘保 becomes emperor. Hanji 801 places him among the Hongdu Gate officials defending Liu Bao against 汉安帝’s demotion; Hanji 806 later presents him as the Situ whom 周举 pushes to speak for 孙程 and the other marquises after Shun sends them away from Luoyang.

Current Profile

Hanji 801 identifies Zhu Chang as taizhong dafu during the Liu Bao deposition crisis. After Liu Bao is demoted to Jiyin Wang, Zhu Chang joins Lai Li, Shi Yan, and other officials at Hongdu Gate to remonstrate that the prince is blameless.

Hanji 806 later shows Zhu Chang as Situ in a separate remonstrance channel. Zhou Ju tells him that Shun owed accession to Sun Cheng and others, and that treating them harshly for smaller faults could leave the emperor with the reputation of killing contributors if anything happened to them on the road to their fiefs. Zhu Chang worries that Shun is angry and that a lone memorial may bring punishment.

Zhou Ju then reframes the situation as Zhu Chang’s own office-duty test. Because Zhu Chang is old and holds the chancellorial rank of Situ, seeking only to preserve office would expose him to the charge of being a flatterer or bad minister, while punishment for remonstrance would at least leave a loyal name. Zhu Chang submits the memorial, and Shun quickly agrees.

Key Characteristics

• Hongdu Gate remonstrant who joins the collective defense of Liu Bao in 124 CE.
• Senior officeholder whose later rank makes a dangerous memorial actionable.
• Hesitant remonstrant who needs pressure from a subordinate before acting.
• Case of office duty overriding self-protective silence under ruler anger.
• Mediating actor between Zhou Ju’s judgment and Shun’s capacity to reverse course.

Evidence

• Hongdu Gate remonstrance: Hanji 801 names Zhu Chang among the officials who remonstrate that Liu Bao is blameless after the crown prince is demoted.
• Recognition of risk: Hanji 806 says Zhu Chang fears Shun’s anger and worries that a solo memorial could bring punishment.
• Zhou Ju’s duty pressure: Hanji 806 says Zhou Ju argues that Zhu Chang’s age and office make this the time to serve loyally rather than protect rank.
• Successful memorial: Hanji 806 says Zhu Chang memorializes after Zhou Ju’s pressure and Shun soon agrees.

Qualifications

This page is bounded to Hanji 801 and Hanji 806. It does not identify Zhu Chang with the separately mentioned Zhu A Hou, because the source summary does not provide enough evidence to merge those references. His broader career, exact Hongdu Gate speech, exact memorial wording, and later outcome remain source-scoped.

What Changed

• Added Hanji 801 as Zhu Chang’s earlier Hongdu Gate remonstrance role.
• Preserved Hanji 806 as the senior remonstrance channel in the Sun Cheng merit-backlash branch.

Relationships

• 周举 - subordinate/staffer who pushes Zhu Chang to remonstrate.
• 孙程 - merit-holder whose treatment becomes Zhu Chang’s remonstrance subject.
• 汉安帝 - ruler whose deposition of Liu Bao prompts Zhu Chang’s first current remonstrance role.
• 汉顺帝 - Liu Bao, defended by Zhu Chang before later becoming the ruler whose anger Zhu Chang fears and whose decision he helps soften.
• 来历 - fellow Hongdu Gate remonstrant who persists after An’s threat edict.
• 施延 - fellow Hongdu Gate remonstrant and later Shun-era taiwei appointee.
• 等级场景中的进言包装 - Zhou Ju’s pressure turns danger into an office-duty frame Zhu Chang can act on.
• 朝廷盟友保护网络 - adjacent protection pattern because Zhu Chang’s office access becomes a rescue channel.
• 君臣反馈失灵 - broader failure avoided temporarily when a senior official does speak.
• 直谏入罪 - adjacent pattern because the Liu Bao protest is threatened as punishable hidden motive.