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Sima Lun was a prince of Zhao; usurper. It is not yet established whether this person is the same as similarly named people in other chapters.
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Book of Jin, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 23: Crown Prince Minhuai · 8 passages
於是使尚書和郁持節，解結為副，及大將軍梁王肜、鎮東將軍淮南王允、前將軍東武公澹、趙王倫、太保何劭詣東宮，廢太子為庶人。
Thereupon Minister He Yu was dispatched with insignia, with Xie Jie as deputy, together with General-in-Chief Sima Rong, Prince of Liang; Eastern Garrison General Sima Yun, Prince of Huainan; Forward General Sima Dan, Duke of Dongwu; Sima Lun, Prince of Zhao; and Grand Guardian He Shao. They went to the Eastern Palace to depose the crown prince as a commoner.
右衛督司馬雅，宗室之疏屬也，與常從督許超並有寵于太子，二人深傷之，說趙王倫謀臣孫秀曰：「國無適嗣，社稷將危，大臣之禍必起。
Right Guard Commandant Sima Ya, a distant kinsman of the imperial house, and Attendant Commandant Xu Chao, both favorites of the crown prince, grieved deeply; they told Sun Xiu, stratagemist to Lun, Prince of Zhao: "The state has no true heir—altar and grain will be imperiled; great ministers' disaster is sure to rise.
秀言于趙王倫，倫深納焉。
Sun Xiu relayed the plan to Lun, the Prince of Zhao, and Lun wholeheartedly accepted it.
計既定，而秀說倫曰：「太子為人剛猛，若得志之日，必肆其情性矣。
With the plan set, Xiu said to Lun, "The crown prince is by nature rigid and fierce; if he gains his will he will certainly give free rein to his temper.
倫然之。
Lun assented.
趙王倫行太孫太傅。」
Lun, Prince of Zhao, acted Grand Tutor to the imperial grandson-heir."
五月，倫與太孫俱之東宮，太孫自西掖門出，車服侍從皆湣懷之舊也。
In the fifth month Lun and the grand heir went together to the Eastern Palace; the grand heir exited the Western Side Gate—carriages, dress, and attendants all followed Minhuai's old train.
永甯元年正月，趙王倫篡位，廢為濮陽王，與帝俱遷金墉，尋被害。
In the first month of Yongning year one Lun, Prince of Zhao, usurped the throne and demoted Zang to Prince of Puyang. Zang moved with the emperor to Jinyong and was murdered soon afterward.