Way of the Five Pecks of Rice

The five- bushel rice Uprising ( Chinese五 斗 米 道, Pinyin Wǔdǒumǐ dào, W.-G. Wu -Tou -Mi - Tao ) was a religiously motivated revolt at the end of the Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE, ). Was led by the grandson of the founder of the uprising of the celestial master Zhang Lu. The name of the insurgency refers to the five- bushel tax, either for healing (Zhang Daoling was a faith healer ) or paid as a church fees. The uprising became a model for the popular uprisings that have been instigated against later dynastic governments. Another meaning would be: bushel refers to the constellation of the Great Bear. The excited by Li Shaojun, graced the sacred standard of the emperor.

History

Used at the beginning of the 2nd century Daoling Zhang, founder of the Daoist organization, its popularity as faith healers and religious leaders to organize a theological movement known as the way of the celestial master. His goal was to free peasants from widespread poverty and corruption, the oppressed under the Han Dynasty. He found many followers in Sichuan. With it, Daoism turned for the first time a wide stratum and not only to princes.

Zhang Daolings son and in its successor, the grandson Zhang Lu (ca. 190-220 ) rebelled against the Han Dynasty and founded in Sichuan own state. The state took over 30 years for Zhang to the new ruler Cao Cao handed. The General Zhang legitimized as head of the Daoists and in turn the son of Cao Cao Zhang said the rightful emperor.