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董重 / Dong Zhong (late Han)

董重 / Dong Zhong (late Han) enters the wiki through Hanji 943 as the Dong-family military figure tied to 董太后’s side of the succession struggle. He is not 董仲舒; the stable suffix keeps the late-Han general distinct from the Western Han thinker.

The source names Dong Zhong as 骠骑将军 and places him in rivalry with 何进. When Dong Taihou says that having Dong Zhong cut off He Jin’s head would be easy, the He side reads the statement as a direct threat rather than ordinary palace quarrel.

He Jin’s answer is coercive and fast. He joins the Three Excellencies in memorializing against the Dong side, has troops surround Dong Zhong’s general’s residence, removes him from office, and Dong Zhong kills himself. The page therefore marks the concrete armed elimination of the Dong support line after 刘辩 / 弘农王 has been enthroned.

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