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The Last Stand of a Doomed Regime By late 23 CE, Wang Mang’s Xin dynasty was on the brink of collapse. The Gengshi Emperor Liu Xuan had dispatched Grand Duke Wang Kuang to attack Luoyang, while Generals Shen Tu Jian and Li Song marched on Wuguan Pass (in modern Danfeng, Shaanxi). Panic-stricken, Wang Mang…
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The assassination of Dong Zhuo in 192 AD marked a pivotal moment in the late Eastern Han dynasty, symbolizing the end of one tyrant and the beginning of another chaotic era. This event is famously depicted in Luo Guanzhong’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms and corroborated by historical records such as Chen Shou’s Records…