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The Yellow Turban Rebellion, alternatively translated as the Yellow Scarves Rebellion, was a peasant revolt during the late Eastern Han dynasty of ancient China. The uprising broke out in 184 CE, during the reign of Emperor Ling .
The Yellow Turban Army, also known as the Yellow Turban Bandits, was a peasant rebel force led by the late Eastern Han dynasty mystic Zhang Jue from Julu Commandery. The Yellow Turbans launched an uprising against the central government in 184, the year of the Jiazi in the Sexagenary cycle .
Several other starting points for the period are given by Chinese historians: the Yellow Turban Rebellion in 184; [6] [7] the year after the beginning of the rebellion, 185; [8] Dong Zhuo deposing Emperor Shao of Han and enthroning Emperor Xian of Han in 189, [9] [10] Dong Zhuo sacking Luoyang and moving the capital to Chang'an in 190, [11] or ...
Timeline of territorial changes during the Three Kingdoms period.. This is a timeline of the Three Kingdoms period (220–280) of Chinese history.In a strict academic sense, the Three Kingdoms period refers to the interval between the founding of the state of Cao Wei (220–266) in 220 and the conquest of the state of Eastern Wu (229–280) by the Western Jin dynasty (265–316) in 280.
Although the partisan prohibitions were extended to hundreds more in 176 CE (including the distant relatives of those earlier proscribed), they were abolished in 184 CE with the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, largely because the court feared the gentry—bitter from their banishment from office—would join the rebel cause. [322]
When the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out in 184, Sun Jian was called up by Zhu Jun in Kuaiji Commandery, and appointed Associate Major. None could stand against him. None could stand against him. Sun Jian constantly led at the forefront of his troops, being the first to scale the walls of Wancheng , dealing the last great blow to the Yellow ...
Early in 184, this plot was discovered, and Ma Yuanyi was immediately arrested and executed. Emperor Ling ordered that Taiping Sect members be arrested and executed, and Zhang Jiao immediately declared a rebellion. Every member of the rebellion wore a yellow turban or headscarf as their symbol – and therefore the rebellion became known for it.
Goal of the rebellion partially achieved, but eventual defeat of the movement by Liu Xiu: 172–173 Bucolic War: Roman Empire: Egyptian peasants under Isidorus: Suppression of the rebellion [7] 184–205 Yellow Turban Rebellion: Han dynasty: Yellow Turban rebels Suppression of the rebellion, though Han dynasty is severely weakened [8] 185–205