or Huang Ch'ao
died 884, China
Chinese rebel leader whose revolt against the Tang dynasty , though ultimately defeated, so weakened the dynasty that it collapsed shortly thereafter.
A salt smuggler turned rebel, Huang captured Guangzhou (Canton) in 879 and the Tang capital of Chang'an in 881. There he proclaimed himself emperor but was driven out by an alliance of government troops and Turkish nomads. One of his generals overthrew the Tang (907) and founded the first of the short-lived Five Dynasties .