Chinese Rulers

Dong Zhuo

the Tyrant of Luoyang

Dong Zhuo was a Chinese chancellor active in the 2nd c. AD during the Eastern Han period from the state of Han. Was assassinated.

Historical Note

Frontier warlord who seized the boy-emperor in 189 AD, sacked Luoyang, and ruled by terror. Killed by his own adoptive son Lü Bu in a palace ambush staged by Wang Yun and the dancer Diaochan.

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