Red Eyebrows Rebellion
The Red Eyebrows Rebellion (赤眉-亂) was a peasant uprising against [[Wang Mang]] that began in 18 in what is now [[Shandong]], led by [[Fan Chong]] (樊崇) and Li Zidu (力子都) among others (18–27). It is also called the Red Eyebrows Red Rebellion. Peasants forced into ruin and vagrancy under Wang Mang's mi
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The Red Eyebrows Rebellion (赤眉-亂) was a peasant uprising against Wang Mang that began in 18 in what is now Shandong, led by Fan Chong (樊崇) and Li Zidu (力子都) among others (18–27). It is also called the Red Eyebrows Red Rebellion. Peasants forced into ruin and vagrancy under Wang Mang's misrule, they marked their own side by painting their eyebrows red. Advancing westward, they grew to several hundred thousand. In 25 they installed the young Liu Penzi (劉盆子), a descendant of the Han imperial line, as emperor and captured Chang'an. However, such a peasant force was intolerable to the great clans, so it came into conflict with forces led by Liu Xiu (劉秀, Emperor Guangwu and founder of the Later Han), and in 27 it finally surrendered.
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