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Apr 01, 0139 Min County, Gansu, China Died on 22 May 0192 (aged 53)
Han Dynasty warlord and politician
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About Dong Zhuo
- Dong Zhuo (pronunciation ) (died 22 May 192), courtesy name Zhongying, was a military general and warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.
- He seized control of the capital Luoyang in 189 when it entered a state of turmoil following the death of Emperor Ling of Han and a massacre of the eunuch faction by the court officials led by General-in-Chief He Jin.
- Dong Zhuo subsequently deposed Liu Bian (Emperor Shao) and replaced him with the puppet Emperor Xian of Han.
- Dong Zhuo's rule was brief and characterized by cruelty and tyranny.
- In the following year, a coalition of regional officials and warlords launched a campaign against him.
- Failing to stop the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo sacked Luoyang and relocated further west to Chang'an.
- He was assassinated soon after in 192 by his subordinate Lü Bu in a plot orchestrated by Interior Minister Wang Yun.
