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Hou Jing

Rebel general who defected from Eastern Wei to Liang and then sacked Jiankang, leaving the south in ruins.

Also known as Zi Wanjing · self-proclaimed Emperor of Han

Roles: Uprising LeadersCommanders

Hou Jing, courtesy name Wanjing, came from the Huaishuo garrison of the Northern Wei and was of Jie descent. He served Erzhu Rong and then Gao Huan of the Eastern Wei, holding the lands south of the Yellow River. After Gao Huan's death he defected to the Liang in 547, but rebelled from Shouyang the next year and in 549 stormed the palace city of Jiankang, where Emperor Wu of Liang starved to death. He set up puppet emperors, declared himself Emperor of Han in 551, and was killed by his own men in 552 after defeat by Wang Sengbian and Chen Baxian. Yu Xin's Lament for the South mourns the devastation he caused.

Life and times

503BornNorthern and Southern
548Hou Jing RebellionTook partage 45Hou Jing, a defector from Eastern Wei, rebelled against Liang at Shouyang, took Taicheng, made and unmade emperors and declared himself emperor of Han before Wang Sengbian and Chen Baxian defeated him in 552, leaving Jiankang and the Sanwu region ravaged.
1. Hou Jing Besieges TaichengEastern Wei defector Hou Jing besieged and took Taicheng; Emperor Wu of Liang died in his hands and the Sanwu heartland was devastated.
2. Hou Jing Usurps the Liang Throne551age 48In 551 Hou Jing deposed and killed Emperor Jianwen of Liang, installed and then displaced Xiao Dong, and proclaimed himself emperor of Han.
552Wang Sengbian Retakes Jiankangage 49In 552 the armies of Wang Sengbian and Chen Baxian beat Hou Jing at the Stone Fortress and retook Jiankang; Hou Jing fled and was killed by his own men.
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Hou Jing

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