Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Liú Jĭn (simplified Chinese: 刘瑾; traditional Chinese: (劉瑾) (1451 -1510) was a well-known Chinese eunuch during the reign of the Chinese Ming Dynasty Zhengde Emperor(r. 1505-1521). Liu was famous for being one of the most corrupt officials in Chinese history and the emperor in all but name for some time. He was the leader of the "Eight Tigers", a powerful group of eunuchs who controlled the imperial court. Liu Chin is from the area of Xingping (Hsing-p’ing), a county in Shaanxi (Shensi) province, approximately 30 miles west of Xian (or His-an or Sian) prefecture. A son of T’an lineage, when he was made a eunuch under the aegis of a eunuch official named Liu, he appropriated that surname.. }
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- Liu_Jin abstract "Liú Jĭn (simplified Chinese: 刘瑾; traditional Chinese: (劉瑾) (1451 -1510) was a well-known Chinese eunuch during the reign of the Chinese Ming Dynasty Zhengde Emperor(r. 1505-1521). Liu was famous for being one of the most corrupt officials in Chinese history and the emperor in all but name for some time. He was the leader of the "Eight Tigers", a powerful group of eunuchs who controlled the imperial court. Liu Chin is from the area of Xingping (Hsing-p’ing), a county in Shaanxi (Shensi) province, approximately 30 miles west of Xian (or His-an or Sian) prefecture. A son of T’an lineage, when he was made a eunuch under the aegis of a eunuch official named Liu, he appropriated that surname.".