id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-1673 Emperor Ling of Han - Wikipedia .html text/html 4563 540 78 Born the son of a lesser marquis who descended directly from Emperor Zhang (the third Eastern Han emperor), Liu Hong was chosen to be emperor in 168 around age 12 after the death of his predecessor, Emperor Huan, who had no son to succeed him. Zhang Rang, the leader of the eunuch faction (十常侍), managed to dominate the political scene after defeating a faction led by Empress Dowager Dou's father, Dou Wu, and the Confucian scholar-official Chen Fan in 168. After consulting with her father Dou Wu and the Confucian scholar-official Chen Fan, Empress Dowager Dou installed a 12-year-old Liu Hong on the throne, and continued ruling on his behalf as regent. In 180, Emperor Ling instated Lady He as the new empress and appointed her brother, He Jin, as a key official in his government. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1673.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1673.txt