A major cause of the rebellion was an agrarian crisis in the north of China. Famine, along with smaller floods along the lower course of the Yellow River, forced many farmers and former military settlers to seek employment in the

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Founders
The rebellion was led by Zhang Jue(also referred to as Zhang Jiao, known to his followers as the "General

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Before the rebellion started, Zhang Jue had sent Ma Yuanyi (馬元義) to recruit followers from Jing and Yang provinces and gather them in Ye. As Ma Yuanyi frequently travelled to

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When Zhang Jue heard that the Han government had caught wind about his plans to rebel, he quickly sent messengers to contact his allies

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The Han armies gained victory at high cost. Over wide areas, government offices had been destroyed, officials had been killed, and whole districts were cut off from the writ of the central government. Rebel deaths numbered in the hundreds of thousands, while many

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Yellow Turban rebels
• Zhang Jue, overall leader of the rebellion, stationed in Wei and Julu commanderies.
• (POW) Bu Ji (卜己), leader of the rebels at Cangting.
• † Zhang Mancheng (張曼成), leader of the rebels in Nanyang Commandery.

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Although the Yellow Turban Rebellion ended by February 185, smaller rebellions by Yellow Turban remnants continued to break out throughout China over the following decades, even in provinces which were previously largely unaffected.
White Wave Bandits

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