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artist 's impression of han xin -lrb- 1921 -rrb- 韓信 the western han dynasty 韩信 196 bc han hsin hán xìn 200px general -lrb- unknown -rrb- hán xìn.jpg han xin
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han xin

han xin -lrb- died 196 bc -rrb- was a military general who served liu bang -lrb- emperor gaozu of han -rrb- during the chu -- han contention and contributed greatly to the founding of the han dynasty .
han xin was named as one of the `` three heroes of the early han dynasty '' -lrb- 漢初三傑 -rrb- , along with zhang liang and xiao he .
han xin is best remembered as a brilliant military leader for the strategies and tactics he employed in warfare , some of which became the origins of certain chinese idioms .
in recognition of han xin 's contributions , liu bang conferred the titles of `` king of qi '' on him in 203 bc and `` king of chu '' in the following year .
however , liu bang feared han xin 's growing influence and gradually reduced his authority , demoting him to `` marquis of huaiyin '' in late 202 bc .
in 196 bc , han xin was accused of participating in a rebellion and lured into a trap and executed on empress lü zhi 's orders .
