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In this Chinese name, the family name is Dong.
Dong Zhuo
董卓
A Qing dynasty illustration of Dong Zhuo
Grand Preceptor (太師)
In office 189 (189) – 22 May 192 (22 May 192)
Monarch
Emperor Xian of Han
Chancellor of State (相國)
In office 189
Monarch
Emperor Xian of Han
General of the Vanguard (前將軍)
In office 188–189
Monarchs
Emperor Ling of Han / Emperor Shao of Han
Personal details
Born
140s Min County, Gansu
Died
(192-05-22)22 May 192[1] Xi'an, Shaanxi
Children
Niu Fu's wife
at least two sons
Parents
Dong Junya (father)
Lady of Chiyang (mother)
Relatives
Dong Zhuó (brother)
Dong Min (brother)
Lü Bu (foster son)
Dong Huang (nephew)
Dong Bai (granddaughter)
at least one grandson
Occupation
Military general, politician, warlord
Courtesy name
Zhongying (仲穎)
Peerage
Marquis of Mei (郿侯)
Military service
Allegiance
Han Empire Dong Zhuo's regime
Unit
Dong Zhuo's forces Han Imperial Forces
Battles/wars
Liang Province Rebellion Massacre of the Eunuchs Campaign against Dong Zhuo
Dong Zhuo
Chinese
董卓
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Dǒng Zhuó
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
Doong Jwo
Wade–Giles
Tung3 Cho2
IPA
[tʊ̀ŋ ʈʂwǒ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Dúng Cheuk
Jyutping
Dung2 Coek3
IPA
[toŋ˧˥ tsʰœːk̚˧]
Southern Min
Tâi-lô
Táng Toh
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese
túwngʈæwk
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. Originally from Liang Province, Dong Zhuo seized control of the imperial 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 his half-brother, the puppet Emperor Xian to make him become the de facto ruler of China in the boy-emperor's name. The Eastern Han dynasty regime survived in name only.[3] Dong Zhuo's rule was brief and characterized by cruelty and tyranny. In the following year, a coalition of regional officials (cishi) and warlords launched a campaign against him. Failing to stop the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo sacked Luoyang and relocated further west to the former Western Han capital at Chang'an (modern Xi'an, Shaanxi province). He was assassinated soon after in 192 by his subordinate Lü Bu in a plot orchestrated by Interior Minister Wang Yun.[4]
^de Crespigny. A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms, biography of Liu Xie, pp. 555–556
^de Crespigny, Rafe (2017). Fire over Luoyang: A History of the Later Han Dynasty 23–220 AD. Leiden: Brill. p. 419. ISBN 9789004324916.
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