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Liu Cong
Han-Zhao ruler whose armies captured Luoyang, Chang'an, and two Jin emperors
Mural of the event “Wu Hu Disturbance”, which this person took part in.
After the War of the Eight Princes wholly drained the vitality of the Central Plains, frontier nomadic peoples seized the void. The five major peoples Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Di, and Qiang moved south together to topple the already decaying Han central regime.
Also known as Emperor Zhaowu of Han-Zhao · Liu Zai
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Liu Cong, ruler of Han-Zhao, was a southern Xiongnu and the fourth son of Liu Yuan and Lady Zhang. In 310 he killed his brother Liu He and took the throne, reigning until 318. Han forces took Luoyang in 311, and in 313 he had Emperor Huai of Jin killed; after Han forces took Chang'an in 316 Emperor Min surrendered and was later put to death, ending the Western Jin. Liu Cong died in 318. The sources are the Book of Jin and the Zizhi Tongjian.
Life and times
Dates c. 310 CE–318 CE
- 304Wu Hu DisturbanceTook part