Qiuliju ( 180s–190s) was a leader of the
Wuhuan tribes in
Liaoxi Commandery
Liaoxi Commandery ( zh, 遼西郡) was a commandery in imperial China from the Warring States period to Tang dynasty. It was located in modern eastern Hebei and western Liaoning, to the west of the Liao River.
The commandery was created by the ...
(遼西郡; commandery capital in present-day
Yi County,
Liaodong
The Liaodong Peninsula (also Liaotung Peninsula, ) is a peninsula in southern Liaoning province in Northeast China, and makes up the southwestern coastal half of the Liaodong region. It is located between the mouths of the Daliao River (the ...
) during the late
Eastern Han dynasty of China. He had about 5,000 tribal clans under his rule.
Life
Around 187, the Han minister
Zhang Wen recruited 3,000 Wuhuan elite cavalry from
You Province to assist Han government forces in suppressing the
Liang Province Rebellion. Zhang Chun (張純), a former official serving in Zhongshan Princedom (中山國), requested to be appointed as the commander of the Wuhuan cavalry. Zhang Wen denied his request and put
Gongsun Zan
Gongsun Zan () (before 161 - April or May 199), courtesy name Bogui, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty.
Life
Little is known of Gongsun Zan's early life. He and Liu Bei stu ...
in charge of the cavalry instead. However, when the Wuhuan cavalry reached Ji (薊; around present-day
Beijing
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), many of them deserted and went home because of lack of supplies. Zhang Chun felt disgruntled when his request was denied, so he secretly formed an alliance with Zhang Ju (張舉), a former Administrator of
Taishan Commandery (泰山郡), and the Wuhuan leader Qiuliju. The three of them combined forces to start a rebellion by attacking and plundering Ji. They also killed a colonel Gongqi Chou (公綦稠),
Youbeiping Commandery
Youbeiping Commandery ( zh, 右北平郡), or Beiping Commandery ( zh, 北平郡) was a commandery in imperial China from the Warring States period to Tang dynasty. It was located in present-day Hebei and Tianjin.
Youbeiping Commandery was establi ...
's Administrator Liu Zheng (劉政), Liaodong Commandery's Administrator Yang Zhong (陽終), and others. Their forces numbered over 100,000 troops and were based in Feiru County (肥如縣; east of present-day
Qian'an,
Hebei
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0 ...
). Zhang Ju declared himself emperor to challenge the reigning Han emperor,
Emperor Ling, for the
Mandate of Heaven.
Zhang Chun and his rebel forces raided and plundered several Han territories in
Qing,
Xu, You and
Ji provinces, killing thousands of Han officials and civilians. Towards the end of Emperor Ling's reign, when
Liu Yu took office as the Governor of You Province, he recruited the tribal peoples in northeast China to assist him in suppressing the rebellion. Liu Yu was successful; Zhang Chun was killed and peace was restored in the region.
When Qiuliju died, his son Louban (樓班) was still young, so he was succeeded by a younger relative,
Tadun
Tadun (died 207) was a leader of the Wuhuan tribes during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was an ally of the warlord Yuan Shao and Yuan Shao's son and successor Yuan Shang.
Life
Tadun was a younger relative of the Wuhuan chieftain Q ...
, who became the new leader of the Wuhuan tribes.
[(後丘力居死，子樓班年小，從子蹋頓有武略，代立，總攝三王部，衆皆從其教令。) ''Sanguozhi'' vol. 30.]
See also
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Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms
References
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Chen, Shou (3rd century). ''
Records of the Three Kingdoms'' (''Sanguozhi'').
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Pei, Songzhi (5th century). ''
Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms'' (''Sanguozhi zhu'').
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Sima, Guang (1084). ''
Zizhi Tongjian
''Zizhi Tongjian'' () is a pioneering reference work in Chinese historiography, published in 1084 AD during the Northern Song (960–1127), Northern Song dynasty in the form of a chronicle recording Chinese history from 403 BC to 959&n ...
''.
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2nd-century Chinese people
Liu Yu and associates
Wuhuan