党锢之祸 / 黨錮之禍

dǎng​gù​zhī​huò

Disasters of Partisan Prohibitions

Two political purges during the Eastern Han dynasty (166 and 169 AD) where powerful palace eunuchs imprisoned or executed scholar-officials and students who opposed them, leading to a ban on those individuals and their families holding office.

党锢 (literal) → 党锢/黨錮 · dǎng​gù · Great Proscription 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 祸 (literal) → 祸/禍 · huò · disaster

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM