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Han Shantong
Han Shantong was a Chinese leader of the White Lotus sect from Hebei who preached the imminent coming of the Buddha Maitreya and claimed descent from the Song emperors. In 1351 he and Liu Futong planned an uprising against the Yuan dynasty, but the plot was discovered and he was captured and executed. His followers launched the Red Turban Rebellion, and his son Han Lin'er was proclaimed emperor of the Song in 1355.
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