Empress Dowager Dong (died 189), personal name unknown, formally known as Empress Xiaocheng (孝成皇后), was an empress dowager of Han Dynasty period of Chinese history. However, she was never empress, because she became mother to an emperor (Emperor Ling). She was blamed for contributing to her son's decadent rule which contributed much to the Han Dynasty's downfall.
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