He Jin
He Jin () (died 22 September 189),
courtesy name Suigao, was a Chinese military general and politician. He was the military Grand Marshal and regent of the late
Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was an elder half-brother of
Empress He (the empress consort of
Emperor Ling), and a maternal uncle of
Emperor Shao. In 189, he and his sister shared power as regents when the young Emperor Shao was put on the throne following Emperor Ling's death. During the time, the conflict between He Jin and the influential
eunuch faction intensified. After they overheard a conversation between He Jin and the empress dowager, the eunuch faction lured him into a trap in the imperial palace and assassinated him. While He Jin's subordinates, led by the warlord
Yuan Shao, slaughtered the eunuch faction in revenge, the warlord
Dong Zhuo took advantage of the power vacuum to enter the imperial capital
Luoyang and seize control of the Han central government. Dong Zhuo's seizure of control and the subsequent breakdown of central command that followed brought forth the beginning of massive civil wars that lasted for nearly a century, during which time
the Han dynasty came to an end and the
Three Kingdoms period began in its place.
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