Huang Hao

Hang Hao
Eunuch of Shu Han
Born	Unknown
Died	Unknown
Names
Traditional Chinese	黃皓
Simplified Chinese	黄皓
Pinyin	Huáng Hào
Wade–Giles	Huang Hao

Huang Hao was a eunuch serving Liu Shan, second and last emperor of the Kingdom of Shu during the Three Kingdoms era in ancient China. Highly favoured by Liu Shan, he was commonly blamed for misguiding the latter into surrendering to the Kingdom of Wei and continues to be considered one of the most corrupt and worthless officials in the Three Kingdoms era along with Cen Hun.

Huang Hao entered the service of emperor Liu Shan as a eunuch some time in the 220s. According to the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Huang Hao was favoured by Liu Shan as he was shrewd and full of flattering words. During his lifetime, the chief attendant to the emperor Dong Yun often advised Liu Shan about the danger of flattery on one hand, and admonished Huang Hao for misguiding the young emperor on the other.

After Dong Yun died in 246, he was replaced by Chen Qi, who collaborated with Huang Hao to influence court affairs. Henceforth Huang Hao became increasingly powerful. Even the senior ministers such as Zhuge Zhan and Dong Jue could do nothing to remove him. The General-in-Chief, Jiang Wei, once advised Liu Shan to execute Huang Hao since Huang easily fell for a ruse by Wei's Sima Yi to spread false rumours about Jiang wanting to rebel and told the emperor, which resulted in Jiang retreating back into the capital despite the initial victories against Sima Yi. However the emperor denied the request, saying that the eunuch was but a servant who ran errands. Fearing retaliation, Jiang Wei then left the capital of Chengdu to garrison troops at Tazhong (沓中, northwest of present-day Zhugqu County, Gansu). Because he had not achieved any significant gain over the Kingdom of Wei for years, Jiang Wei was also almost replaced by another general Yan Yu (閻宇), who was close friends with Huang, at the instigation of Zhuge Zhan and Huang Hao.

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