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Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

Huang Chao

  • The Three Arrows of Vengeance: Li Cunxu

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    Juan

    The Feast at Shangyuan and the Birth of a Feud After suppressing the Huang Chao rebellion, Emperor Xizong returned to a ruined Chang’an, a puppet ruler with no real power. The empire was effectively carved up by warlords, among whom Zhu Wen (later named Zhu Quanzhong) and Li Keyong were the most formidable. Zhu…

  • The Golden Armor and the Fallen Capital: The Huang Chao Rebellion

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    Juan

    The Decline from “Little Taizong” to Chaos Emperor Wuzong of Tang began his reign by curbing the power of the dominant eunuch Qiu Shiliang, confiscating his wealth and forcing him into retirement, thereby restoring some dignity to the throne. In a move to boost state revenue, Wuzong initiated a severe persecution of Buddhism, dismantling…

  • Huang Chao

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    Ana

    Huang Chao (?–884 CE) was the leader of a major peasant rebellion at the end of the Tang dynasty. He was a native of Yuanju, Caozhou (in present-day northwestern Cao County, Shandong) and originally worked as a smuggler of salt – a highly profitable but illegal trade under Tang monopoly laws.

  • To the Chrisanthemum [Tang Poems]

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    Ana

    — Huang Chao In soughing western wind you blossom far and nigh; Your fragrance is too cold to invite butterfly. Some day if I as Lord of Spring come into power, I’d order you to bloom together with peach flower.

  • The Chrysanthemum [Tang Poems]

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    Ana

    — Huang Chao When autumn comes, the Mountain-climbing Day is nigh; My flower blows when other blooms come to an end. In battle array its fragrance rises sky-high, The capital with its golden armor will blend.