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Lu Xun (rebel)

d. 411 · 5th century

Lu Xun was a Daoist rebel leader of the Eastern Jin period and brother-in-law of Sun En. After Sun En's death in 402 he led the remnants of the rebellion, took Guangzhou and held the far south, and in 410, while Liu Yu was campaigning against the Southern Yan, he advanced north and nearly reached the capital Jiankang. Defeated by Liu Yu, he retreated south and died in Jiaozhou in 411.

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