Yin Zhongkan

Yin Zhongkan (died c.January 400), was an official and military general of the Jin dynasty (266–420). He was a confidant of Emperor Xiaowu of Jin's who was appointed as Inspector of Jing province to counter the growing power of the Prince of Kuaiji, Sima Daozi in the imperial court. After Emperor An ascended the throne with Sima Daozi as his regent in 396, Yin joined forces with the Inspector of Qing and Yan provinces, Wang Gong in leading troops against the capital, Jiankang to pressure Daozi into purging his associates. However, when the second insurrection in 398 saw Wang assassinated by his own general, Liu Laozhi, Yin was forced to reach a compromise with the court whereby he retained his position in Jing, but had to share power with his generals, Huan Xuan and Yang Quanqi, who were appointed Inspector of Jiang province and Inspector of Yong province respectively.

Yin maintained an uneasy alliance with Huan and Yang. Though the two mutually saw Huan as a threat, Yin was also highly suspicious of Yang and hesitated to take any military action out of fear of being betrayed. In the end, Huan Xuan took advantage of a famine in Jing to attack Yin's base at Jiangling in 399. Yang attempted to relieve Yin, but was captured and killed by Huan's forces, and Yin soon suffered the same fate.