Hey Jin

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hé Jìn ( Chinese  何 進  /  何 进 , IPA ( standard Chinese) [ [χɤ35 d̥ʑ̥in51] ], W.-G. Ho Chin ), majority name Suigao ( 遂 高 ; * 2nd century in Nanyang ; † September 22, 189 in Luoyang ) was a general in China during the Han period .

He Jin was from Nanyang , where his father worked as a butcher. So he came from a humble background. His half-sister He rose to the rank of Empress in 180 and made him Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Northern Army in 184. In this capacity, He Jin was instrumental in the suppression of the uprising of the Yellow Turban ; He also uncovered a conspiracy in the capital, Luoyang. In 188, He Jin was at the peak of his career and held a parade in Luoyang, but at the same time Emperor Ling made the eunuch Jian Shuo his superior. Both now vied for influence with the emperor, who died in 189.

He Jin responded quickly to assist his half-sister in promoting her son Liu Bian as the new emperor while he took control of the administration. Jian Shuo conspired against the general and planned to kill him, but it did not succeed. Rather, He Jin had the powerful eunuch killed and also took control of his troops.

As a result, He Jin was still in a power struggle against the eunuch faction at court. It was proposed to him that this group should now be completely disempowered. Before that happened, however, on September 22nd, 189 he fell victim to an attack by the eunuchs. In revenge for this, soldiers massacred the court eunuchs and the government effectively collapsed. The events are considered to be the beginning of the civil war that ushered in the final dissolution of the central Han power in China.

His brother He Miao was also a general for the Han.

literature

  • Rafe de Crespigny : A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD). Brill, Leiden / Boston 2007, p. 311 f.

Remarks

  1. ^ Rafe de Crespigny: A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD). Leiden / Boston 2007, p. 319.
  2. ^ Rafe de Crespigny: A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD). Leiden / Boston 2007, p. 311.
  3. ^ Rafe de Crespigny: A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD). Leiden / Boston 2007, p. 311.
  4. ^ Rafe de Crespigny: A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD). Leiden / Boston 2007, p. 312.
personal data
SURNAME Hey Jin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Suigao
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Commander in chief of the army during the Han Dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century or 2nd century
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 189
Place of death Luoyang , China