Editing Ding Yuan (section)

{{Short description|Chinese official and warlord (died 189)}}
{{other uses|Dingyuan (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ding Yuan
| native_name = 丁原
| image = Ding Yuan Qing Illustration.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = A [[Qing dynasty]] illustration of Ding Yuan
| alt = 
| office = Bearer of the Mace (執金吾)
| term = 189
| monarch = [[Liu Bian|Emperor Shao of Han]]
| office1 = Inspector of [[Bing Province]] (并州刺史)
| term1 = ?–189
| monarch1 = [[Emperor Ling of Han]] /<br> [[Liu Bian|Emperor Shao of Han]]
| office2 = Commandant of Martial Ferocity<br>(武猛都尉)
| term2 = ?–189
| monarch2 = [[Emperor Ling of Han]] /<br> [[Liu Bian|Emperor Shao of Han]]
| office3 = Cavalry Commandant (騎都尉)
| term3 = ?–189
| monarch3 = [[Emperor Ling of Han]] /<br> [[Liu Bian|Emperor Shao of Han]]
| birth_date = Unknown
| death_date = 189{{sfnp|de Crespigny|2007|p=144}}
| occupation = Politician, warlord
| blank1 = [[Courtesy name]]
| data1 = Jianyang (建陽)
}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Ding (surname)|Ding]]|lang=Chinese}}

'''Ding Yuan''' ({{audio|Ding Yuan.ogg|pronunciation}}) (died {{circa}}26 September 189<ref>In Emperor Ling's biography in ''Book of the Later Han'', Ding Yuan's death was placed between the ''xinwei'' day of the 8th month and the ''jiaxu'' day of the 9th month of the 6th year of the ''Zhong'ping'' era. The two dates correspond to 25 and 28 Sep 189 in the Julian calendar.</ref>), [[courtesy name]] '''Jianyang''', was a Chinese politician and warlord who lived during the late [[Eastern Han dynasty]] of China.{{sfnp|de Crespigny|2007|p=144}} In 189, both he and [[Dong Zhuo]] were summoned into the capital [[Luoyang]] with their individual troops to assist in the struggle against the powerful [[Ten Attendants|eunuch faction]]. However, Ding Yuan was eventually killed by his trusted aide [[Lü Bu]], who had been bought over by Dong Zhuo.