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Wu Guang
Co-leader of the Daze village rising with Chen Sheng, killed by his officer Tian Zang in 208 BCE
Mural of the event “Dazexiang Uprising”, which this person took part in.
The Qin penal code was severe and cruel, and years of vast labor conscription crushed every breathing space of common life. The seed of rebellion was quietly germinating before the storm.
Also known as Wu Shu · Jia Wang
Wu Guang, courtesy name Shu, from Yangxia in Chen commandery, was a squad leader among the conscripts who began the rising at Daze village with Chen Sheng in 209 BCE. After the Zhang Chu state was founded he became acting king and led an army west against Xingyang, which he could not take. In 208 BCE his officer Tian Zang killed him on a forged order from Chen Sheng. The sources are the Records of the Grand Historian and the Book of Han.
Life and times
- c. 250 BCEBorn
Zhou
Qin - 209 BCEDazexiang Uprising
Took partChen Sheng and Wu Guang led conscripts in revolt at Dazexiang, prompting uprisings across the empire and accelerating Qin's collapse.- Chen Sheng Proclaims Zhang Chuc. 209 BCETaking Chenxian, the rebel coalition declared the Zhang-Chu regime, rallying anti-Qin uprisings across all six former kingdoms.
- Chen Sheng Proclaims Zhang Chu
- 208 BCEDied
