jun 30, 1368 - Tang Saier
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- Led a peasant uprising during the Ming Dynasty
- Motivated by desire to ease the suffering of the people who were essentially in slavery from the emperors imposed rule
-Her army amassed 10,000 people destroying anyone who represented an enemy to their cause
- When she was asked to surrender she pretended to submit but led a raid on the enemy that night
- She escaped without a trace when the emperor ordered her capture
- A commemorative shrine and statue in military uniform stand in her home town
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