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Zhang Bolu was a Bandit.
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Book of Later Han, Chapter 43Volume 38: Biographies of Zhang, Fa, Teng, Feng, Du, Yang · 5 passages
永初三年，海賊張伯路等三千餘人，冠赤幘，服絳衣，自稱「將軍」，寇濱海九郡，殺二千石令長。
In the third year of Yongchu, the sea bandits Zhang Bolu and others, more than three thousand men, wore red kerchiefs and crimson clothing, called themselves "General," raided nine coastal commanderies, and killed governors and magistrates of two-thousand–picul rank.
初，遣侍御史龐雄督州郡兵擊之，伯路等乞降，尋復屯聚。
At first, censor Pang Xiong led provincial forces against them; Zhang Bolu's band asked to surrender, then reassembled.
明年，伯路復與平原劉文河等三百餘人稱「使者」。
The next year, Bolu again with three hundred-odd men such as Liu Wenhe of Pingyuan called themselves "envoys."
攻厭次城，殺長吏，轉入高唐，燒官寺，出繫囚，渠帥皆稱「將軍」，共朝謁伯路。
They attacked Yanci city, killed the senior official, moved into Gaotang, burned government offices, released bound prisoners, and the chieftains all called themselves "General" and together paid court to Bolu.
伯路冠五梁冠，佩印綬，黨眾浸盛。
Zhang Bolu dressed in a five-ridge cap with seal and ribbons at his belt, and his following swelled.