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*''Chinese'': 天師道 ''(Tiān shīdào)''

*''Chinese'': 天師道 ''(Tiān shīdào)''

The Celestial Masters (''Tiān shīdào''), also known as the Rice Thieves (''Mǐ zéi'') or the Five Pecks of Rice (''Wǔdǒu mǐ''), were a rebel group whose actions contributed significantly to the fall of the [[Han Dynasty]] in China.

The Celestial Masters (''Tiān shīdào''), also known as the Rice Thieves (''Mǐ zéi'') or the Five Pecks of Rice (''Wǔdǒu mǐ''), were a rebel group whose actions contributed significantly to the fall of the [[Han Dynasty]] in China. The faith healing cult they cultivated is said by some scholars to have been a key predecessor in the development of religious [[Daoism]].<ref>Schirokauer, 89.</ref>

Emerging during the reign of [[Emperor Shun of Han]] ([[125]]-[[144]] CE), the rebels managed to take control of much of what is today [[Sichuan province]], the breadbasket of [[China proper]]. They held much of this territory for decades, resisting the authorities, until they finally gave in to the regional warlord [[Cao Cao]] ([[155]]-[[220]]) in [[215]], swearing fealty to him.

Emerging during the reign of [[Emperor Shun of Han]] ([[125]]-[[144]] CE), the rebels managed to take control of much of what is today [[Sichuan province]], the breadbasket of [[China proper]]. They held much of this territory for decades, resisting the authorities, until they finally gave in to the regional warlord [[Cao Cao]] ([[155]]-[[220]]) in [[215]], swearing fealty to him.

==References==

==References==

*Conrad Schirokauer, et al, ''A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations'', Fourth Edition, Cengage Learning (2012), 72-73.  

*Conrad Schirokauer, et al, ''A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations'', Fourth Edition, Cengage Learning (2012), 72-73.  

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[[Category:Events and Incidents]]

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