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Huang Chao
Huang Chao was a failed examination candidate and salt smuggler who led the largest rebellion of the late Tang dynasty. Rising in 875, his army marched through much of China, sacked Guangzhou in 879 and took Chang'an in 881, where he proclaimed the state of Qi. Driven out in 883 by Tang forces and Shatuo Turks under Li Keyong, he was killed in 884. His former officer Zhu Wen later founded the Later Liang.
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