Today’s poem from *Romance of the Three Kingdoms* appears in Chapter Four of the novel， and the original text reads:

By enthroning Liu Xie， Dong Zhuo faced no such threat. Liu Xie’s mother， Lady Wang， had died at the hands of Empress Dowager He， and he had been raised by Empress Dowager Dong， who also eventually perished by He’s hand. Consequently， once Liu Xie ascended， he could not align with Empress Dowager He， which greatly facilitated Dong Zhuo’s domination of the court. Thus，开运(中国)官方IOS|Android手机app下载 it can be concluded that Dong Zhuo’s primary target in the deposition was Empress Dowager He. Deposing her eliminated the possibility of her resurgence. The young emperor Liu Bian was not Dong Zhuo’s main concern. This is evident in their fates: according to the *Book of the Later Han*， Liu Bian was deposed on September 1开运官网， 189 CE， Empress Dowager He was poisoned on September 3， showing Dong Zhuo’s urgency to eliminate her， while Liu Bian was killed on February 3 of the following year， after the coalition forces approached Luoyang and he had lost all political value. References: *Records of the Three Kingdoms*， *Book of the Later Han*， *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*.