Huang Chao (黃巢) | 24 Histories

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Huang Chao was a rebel.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Attested activity

AD 875 to AD 884 黃巢亂後
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 45

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 45Volume 45 Miscellaneous Biographies 25: Zhang Quanyi, Zhu Youqian, Yuan Xiangxian, Zhu Hanbin, Duan Ning, Liu Qi, Zhou Zhiyu, Lu Siduo · 2 passages

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監軍忿然曰：「自黃巢亂後，洛陽園宅無復能守，豈獨平泉一石哉！」 The supervisor snarled: “Since Chao, not one Luoyang estate could be held—why fuss over one Pingquan stone!”

全義嘗在巢賊中，以為譏己，固大怒，奏笞殺監軍者，天下冤之。 Quanyi had ridden with Chao once and heard an insult. He raged, had the man flogged to death, and the realm cried foul.