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Wang Yun (137 - 192) was the Minister over the Masses under Emperor Xian, the last emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. During Wang Yun's time, the emperors were mere puppets under the power of eunuchs and warlords. In 192, Wang Yun plotted and successfully staged Lu Bu's assassination of Dong Zhuo, the warlord in power. However, Dong Zhuo's former subjects soon led a coup, in which Wang Yun along with most of his family were executed. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms Wang Yun was the adoptive father of the possibly fictional Diao Chan, whom he used to seduce both Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu. The subsequent rift that arose between the foster father and son eventually saw the death of Dong Zhuo by the hands of Lu Bu. Source: Wikipedia |