Emperor Huan of Han

Also known as Liu Zhi

Liu Zhi, Emperor Huan of Han, was a great-grandson of Emperor Zhang. In 146 the regent Liang Ji poisoned Emperor Zhi and installed the fifteen-year-old Liu Zhi, whose reign titles were Jianhe, Heping, Yuanjia, Yongxing, Yongshou, Yanxi and Yongkang. In 159 he plotted with the eunuch Tang Heng in a privy, bit Shan Chao's arm to seal an oath in blood, and had troops surround Liang Ji's mansion; Liang killed himself, and five eunuchs were made marquises on one day. In 166 eunuchs had Li Ying and some two hundred others accused of forming a faction; freed the next year, they were barred from office for life, the first Proscription of Partisans. That same year envoys claiming to come from Andun, king of Daqin, reached Rinan, and the palace held sacrifices to Laozi and the Buddha. He died in January 168 with the temple name Weizong, which was revoked in 190. Zhuge Liang's Memorial on Dispatching the Troops recalls the late emperor sighing in regret over Huan and Ling.