Zhang Jue

Chinese leader

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In Yellow Turbans
Led by Zhang Jue, a Daoist faith healer who had gained numerous adherents during a widespread pestilence, the rebellion was directed against the tyrannical eunuchs who dominated the emperor. The rebels wore yellow headdresses to signify their association with the “earth” element, which they believed would succeed…
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In Taoism: Revolutionary messianism
Its leader, Zhang Jue, declared that the “blue heaven” was to be replaced by a “yellow heaven”; and his followers wore yellow turbans in token of this expectation. Worshipping a “Huanglao jun,” the movement gained a vast number of adherents throughout eastern China. Though they were eventually…
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