Zhang Jue

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Zhang Jue was a Taoist healer and rebel leader who led the Yellow Turban Rebellion that helped trigger the collapse of the Eastern Han dynasty in China.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese rebel
Taoist healer
historical figure
rebel leader
alternateName Zhang Jiao NERFINISHED
associatedWith peasant unrest in late Eastern Han
associatedWithColor yellow
basedIn northern China
causeOfDeath illness
countryOfCitizenship Eastern Han dynasty NERFINISHED
dateOfDeath 184
describedIn Book of the Later Han NERFINISHED
Records of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
fictionalDepiction Romance of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED
founded Way of Great Peace NERFINISHED
hasPart regional uprisings across northern China
hasTitle Great Teacher
historicalPeriod late Eastern Han dynasty NERFINISHED
ideology millenarianism
influencedBy Taoist millenarian beliefs
knownFor leading the Yellow Turban Rebellion
legacy precipitated warlord era preceding the Three Kingdoms period
movement Yellow Turban Rebellion NERFINISHED
notableEvent outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion in 184
notableWork organization of the Yellow Turban peasant uprising
occupation faith healer
military leader
religious leader
opponent Eastern Han imperial government NERFINISHED
He Jin NERFINISHED
Huangfu Song NERFINISHED
Lu Zhi NERFINISHED
Zhu Jun NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Eastern Han dynasty NERFINISHED
positionHeld leader of the Yellow Turbans
practice Taoist-inspired communal rituals
faith healing with talismans and incantations
religion Taoism
religiousOrder Way of Great Peace NERFINISHED
roleIn collapse of the Eastern Han dynasty
sibling Zhang Bao NERFINISHED
Zhang Liang NERFINISHED
slogan The Blue Heaven is dead; the Yellow Heaven will rise

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Yellow Turban Rebellion leader Zhang Jue