Huang Chao (黃巢) | 24 Histories

Overview

Huang Chao was a rebel.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Attested activity

AD 880 黃巢陷長安
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 129

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 129

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 43Volume 43 Miscellaneous Biographies 23: Shi Shucong, Li Yanwei, Li Zhen, Pei Di, Wei Zhen, Kong Xun, Sun Dezhao, Wang Jingrao, Jiang Yin · 1 passage

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黃巢陷長安，惟最率其鄉里子弟，得義兵千人，南攻巢於咸陽，興平州將壯其所為，益以州兵二千。 When Huang Chao seized Chang’an, Weizui rallied the youths of his district into a thousand-man loyalist band and struck south at Chao near Xianyang. The Xingping prefect was impressed and gave him two thousand more men.