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Dong Zhuo ( pronunciation ⓘ) (c. 140s – 22 May 192), [1] courtesy name Zhongying, [a] was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty. At the end of the reign of the Eastern Han, Dong Zhuo was a general and powerful minister of the imperial government.
Dong Zhuo was a general whose seizure of power and tyrannical rule ended the Han dynasty (206 bce–220 ce) and divided the Chinese empire. In 190 ce Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang, the capital, and removed himself and the emperor to the ancient capital of Chang’an (now Xi’an).
Dong Zhuo 董卓, courtesy name Dong Zhongying 董仲穎, was a powerful minister during the last decades of the Eastern Han period 後漢 (25-220). Dong hailed from Lintao 臨洮 (modern Minxian 岷縣, Gansu), a region at the border to the Tangut Qiang 羌 tribes.
Dec 17, 2019 · Dong Zhuo was a self-indulgent and cruel despot according to later Chinese historians but must have had some redeeming features because his army was intensely loyal to him. He remained in power, dictating the policies of the child emperor Xian until he was assassinated by his close confidant, bodyguard, and general Lu Bu (d. 199 CE) in 192 CE.
Dong Zhuo ( Chinese: 董卓; 139 – 192) was a general in ancient China. He took control over the imperial court of Han in 189. He was later killed by his own foster son, Lu Bu . Dong Zhuo had been a successful warrior and general since his youth.
Dong Zhuo, courtesy name Zhongying, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty. At the end of the reign of the Eastern Han, Dong Zhuo was a general and powerful minister of the imperial government.
Jan 12, 2018 · Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo, aka Zhongying, was a frontier general turned warlord based in the northwest of China. He had a long military career, working up the ranks from his starting point as a member of the imperial guards; Zhuo's unit was the elite corps, the Gentlemen of the Feathered Forest, whose members were composed of sons and grandsons who ...
Jan 3, 2024 · Dong Zhuo, a powerful warlord and de facto ruler, rose to prominence during the tumultuous times of the Eastern Han Dynasty. His control began after he intervened in a court coup in 189 CE, ostensibly to aid the young Emperor Shao against the Ten Eunuchs' influence.
Jun 7, 2024 · The tyrannical Dong Zhuo kills the young Han emperor and puts the emperor’s brother on the throne, turning him into Dong’s puppet. The novel includes the warriors and leaders who help found the Three Kingdoms that emerged in China after the Han fell.
The Han government began to weaken and fracture by the end of the second century CE. General Dong Zhuo captured Emperor Shao and installed his own puppet ruler, Emperor Xian. The warlord Cao Cao attempted to reunify China under the Han, but was defeated at the Battle of Red Cliffs.
