Disasters of Partisan Prohibitions

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Disasters of Partisan Prohibitions refers to a series of political persecutions during the late Han dynasty in which Confucian scholars and officials were banned from office and harshly suppressed for opposing eunuch dominance at court.

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Disasters of Partisan Prohibitions canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Confucian persecution
historical event
late Eastern Han political incident
political persecution
cause conflict between eunuch faction and Confucian scholar‑officials
opposition to eunuch dominance at court
consequence banning of Confucian scholars from office
harsh suppression of political dissent
imprisonment and execution of officials
weakening of Confucian bureaucratic elite
country Han dynasty
surface form: Han dynasty China
historicalSignificance contributed to decline of Eastern Han central authority
intensified factional conflict in late Han politics
ideologicalContext Confucian moral criticism of court corruption
location Eastern Han imperial court
Luoyang
opposedBy Confucian scholars
literati
perpetratedBy eunuch faction
imperial court of Eastern Han
politicalContext struggle between eunuchs and outer court officials
relatedTo eunuch dominance in late Eastern Han
persecution of literati
targetedGroup Confucian officials
partisan literati
timePeriod late Eastern Han dynasty

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Han dynasty significantEvent Disasters of Partisan Prohibitions
Partisan Prohibitions relatedTo Disasters of Partisan Prohibitions