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|image = ACC DB Hong Liwei (cropped).png | |image = ACC DB Hong Liwei (cropped).png | ||
|active = 1510–1526<br>[[ | |active = 1510–1526<br>[[Ming dynasty|Great Ming]] | ||
|species = [[Human]] | |species = [[Human]] | ||
|affiliates = [[Ming dynasty]]<br>[[Assassins]] | |affiliates = [[Ming dynasty]]<br>[[Assassins]] | ||
*[[Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins|Chinese Brotherhood]] | *[[Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins|Chinese Brotherhood]] | ||
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'''Hong Liwei''' ( | '''Hong Liwei''' (洪立威) was a low-rank [[eunuch]] of the [[Forbidden City]] who taught calligraphy to the [[Zhengde Emperor]]'s [[concubine]]s, and an informant and ally for the [[China|Chinese]] [[Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins|Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]] living during the early 16th century. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
In 1510,<ref name="Liu Jin">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China]]'' – [[Database: Liu Jin]]</ref> Hong Liwei was teaching calligraphy to the [[Zhengde Emperor]]'s concubines, among his pupils was [[Shao Jun]]. Upon hearing a disturbance outside, Liwei gathered the girls and went to observe the commotion. The traitorous eunuch [[Liu Jin]] was being sentenced to ''[[lingchi]]'' ("death by a thousand cuts"). Liwei, the concubines, and many others witnessed his public torture.<ref name="Blade">''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]</ref> | In 1510,<ref name="Liu Jin">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China]]'' – [[Database: Liu Jin]]</ref> Hong Liwei was teaching calligraphy to the [[Zhengde Emperor]]'s concubines, among his pupils was [[Shao Jun]]. Upon hearing a disturbance outside, Liwei gathered the girls and went to observe the commotion. The traitorous eunuch [[Liu Jin]] was being sentenced to ''[[lingchi]]'' ("death by a thousand cuts"). Liwei, the concubines, and many others witnessed his public torture.<ref name="Blade">''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]</ref> | ||
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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China]]'' | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' | ||
==Non-canonical appearances== | ===Non-canonical appearances=== | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Ming Storm]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: The Ming Storm]]'' | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Turbulence in the Ming Dynasty]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Turbulence in the Ming Dynasty]]'' | ||
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Hong Liwei (洪立威) was a low-rank eunuch of the Forbidden City who taught calligraphy to the Zhengde Emperor's concubines, and an informant and ally for the Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins living during the early 16th century.
Biography
In 1510,[1] Hong Liwei was teaching calligraphy to the Zhengde Emperor's concubines, among his pupils was Shao Jun. Upon hearing a disturbance outside, Liwei gathered the girls and went to observe the commotion. The traitorous eunuch Liu Jin was being sentenced to lingchi ("death by a thousand cuts"). Liwei, the concubines, and many others witnessed his public torture.[2]
Fond of the Assassin Shao Jun, he helped his former pupil and the Assassins during the Great Rites Controversy, but was caught by the Templar Wei Bin and sentenced to life imprisonment.[3] Hong was then imprisoned by the Chinese Templars in the Maijishan Grottoes, the former headquarters of the Brotherhood turned into a secret prison.[4]
In 1526, Shao Jun let herself be imprisoned in the grottoes to eliminate the Templar Gao Feng. After escaping captivity, she found Hong in his cell and assassinated the crossbowman who held his key. Jun then passed the key onto Hong, allowing him to escape.[4]
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Hong Liwei with Shao Jun
Appearances
Non-canonical appearances
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China – Database: Liu Jin
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun – Chapter 2
- ↑ Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China – Database: Hong Liwei
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China – The Escape
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