He Jin | |
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| 何進 | |
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| General-in-Chief (大將軍) | |
| In office 184 – 22 September 189 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Ling of Han / Emperor Shao of Han |
| Intendant of Henan (河南尹) | |
| In office 180–184 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Ling of Han |
| Court Architect (將作大匠) | |
| In office 180–184 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Ling of Han |
| Palace Attendant (侍中) | |
| In office 180–184 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Ling of Han |
| Administrator of Yingchuan (潁川太守) | |
| In office ?–180 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Ling of Han |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown Nanyang, Henan |
| Died | 22 September 189[1] Luoyang, Henan |
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| Occupation | Military general, politician |
| Courtesy name | Suigao (遂高) |
| Peerage | Marquis of Shen (慎侯) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Han Empire |
| Unit | Han Imperial Forces |
| Battles/wars | Yellow Turban Rebellion Massacre of the Eunuchs |
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.[1] 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.
- ^ a b de Crespigny (2007), p. 312.
- ^ He Miao had no blood relations with He Jin, as He Miao shared the same mother with Empress Lingsi; his original surname was Zhu. (皇后兄何进，异父兄朱苗，...) Houhanshu vol.104. He Zhen was Zhu Miao's mother's second husband.
- ^ (張讓子婦，太后之妹也。) Houhanshu vol. 69.