Yuan · White Lotus Rebel Leader

Han Shantong 韓山童

Hán Shāntóng

Attested AD 1351

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Han Shantong was a White Lotus Rebel Leader.

Life and dates

Death

Execution · Cause Captured by officials
Directly stated · History of Ming 122, passage 84

Attested activity

AD 1351 至正十一年五月
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 122, passage 84

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Emperor Huizong (徽宗)
8 generations
Uncertain · History of Ming 122, passage 82
Parent of Han Lin'er (韓林兒)
father 父
Directly stated · History of Ming 122, passage 80
Spouse of Lady Yang (楊氏)
Marriage
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 122, passage 85

Origins and identity

claimed eighth-generation descendant of Song Huizong
Ancestor Person Id Emperor Huizong (徽宗) · Generation Distance 8
Uncertain · History of Ming 122, passage 82

Career and standing

Executed
Executed
Directly stated · History of Ming 122, passage 84

Places and affiliations

At Yongnian 永年 · Relation Exiled to
Directly stated · History of Ming 122, passage 79
Organization White Lotus Society 白蓮會 · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · History of Ming 122, passage 79

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Ming 122, passage 80

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 122Volume 122 Biographies 10: · 3 passages

元末，林兒父山童鼓妖言，謂「天下當大亂，彌勒佛下生」。 Late in the Yuan, Lin'er's father Shantong preached sedition: "The realm will soon be in chaos; Maitreya Buddha is coming down to earth."

潁州人劉福通與其党杜遵道、羅文素、盛文鬱等復言「山童，宋徽宗八世孫，當主中國」。 Liu Futong of Yingzhou and his followers—Du Zundao, Luo Wensu, Sheng Wenyu, and others—again declared, "Shantong is the eighth-generation descendant of Song Huizong and should rule China."

至正十一年五月，事覺，福通等遽入潁州反，而山童為吏所捕誅。 In the fifth month of Zhizheng 11 (1351), the plot was exposed; Futong and his men rose immediately in Yingzhou, while officials captured and executed Shantong.