Hán Tuòzhòu 韓侂胄 (1152–1207), zì Jiéfū 節夫, of Xiāngzhōu Ānyáng 相州安陽 (modern Hénán); grandnephew of the early-Southern-Sòng grand councillor 韓琦 Hán Qí (1008–1075) and brother-in-law of Empress Wú’s clan. The dominant political figure of Níngzōng’s reign (r. 1194–1224). After the Shàoxī internal coup (1194) that installed Níngzōng, Hán Tuòzhòu became Tàishī and Pínzhāng jūnguó shì — effectively dictator. He launched the Qìngyuán dǎngjìn 慶元黨禁 (“False Learning Proscription,” 1196–1202) against 朱熹 Zhū Xī’s Dàoxué circle, and in 1206 launched the disastrous Kāixǐ běifá 開禧北伐 (Kāixǐ Northern Expedition) against the Jin. The campaign’s collapse led to his assassination by the court party in 1207 and his head being sent to the Jin court as a peace-token. Famously declined by 楊萬里 Yáng Wànlǐ when summoned; on hearing of the Kāixǐ campaign Yáng Wànlǐ “in indignation-and-grief refused food and died” (1206).