The Chen Sheng–Wu Guang Rebellion: The First Peasant Uprising against Qin (209 BCE)

209 BCE · Doğu Çin · military

Two army sergeants were delayed on their way to the front by rain, an offense punishable by death; saying "we are dying anyway, let us rebel," they rose up with 900 peasants.

The revolt was inadequate, but it inspired other uprisings. | "Who has virtue and courage, who is the superior one" — the most famous rebellion in Chinese history and the starting point of the history of peasant consciousness.

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