THREE KINGDOMS CHARACTER 25: DONGZHUO 三国时代人物 25: 董卓

DONG ZHUO
Dong Zhuo 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 A.D. when it entered a state of turmoil following the death of Emperor Hanling Di 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.
董卓（2世紀－192年5月22日），字仲穎，涼州陇西临洮（今甘肅岷县）人，东汉末年军阀和权臣，自任相国、太师，位極人臣。董卓于桓帝末年先后担任并州刺史，河東太守，利用汉末战乱和朝廷势弱占据京城，废漢少帝劉辯為弘農王，立陳留王劉協為漢獻帝，並挾持號令。而且他生性凶残，施行暴政魚肉鄉民，引致全国郡守和刺史等發動董卓讨伐战。