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Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of Tang plots to free the court from the influence of his palace eunuchs

14. Dez. 835 · 34.31° N, 108.86° E

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14. Dez. 835
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34.31° N, 108.86° E

Platziert: area around the site it links, Chang'an.

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Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of Tang plots to free the court from the influence of his palace eunuchs. In the northeast sector of the capital, Chang'an, after the failure of the emperor's chancellor Li Zhongyan to subdue the eunuchs' influence, troops under the eunuchs' command slaughter many officials and other associates.

Sweet Dew incident

835 Tang dynasty political plot

The Sweet Dew incident or Ganlu incident was a failed coup on 14 December 835 by Emperor Wenzong of the Chinese Tang dynasty to seize power from the eunuchs. The emperor planned to kill the eunuchs with the aid of the chancellor Li Xun and the general Zheng Zhu. The eunuchs learned of the plot and solidified their control with a counter-coup; Li, Zheng, many of their followers, and other officials were killed.

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