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Yang Miaozhen

Type Figure Region China Time c. 1199–1250 Also known as Fourth Lady、Yang Fourth Lady

Yang Miaozhen (c. 1199–1250), female leader of the Red Jacket Army in Shandong at the end of the Jin and start of the Southern Song, who rose in arms…

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  1. 1214–1220Yidu · ShandongDuring the Zhenyou era of Jin, uprisings repeatedly broke out in Shandong; the siblings Yang An'er and Yang Miaozhen led the Red Jacket Army in revolt against Jin, holding Yidu and elsewhere, becoming a major military threat to the Jin in Shandong.
  2. 1221–1230Juzhou · ShandongIn the 1220s Yang Miaozhen, Li Quan and their followers held the Juzhou and Yidu areas, contending with Jin forces and later the Mongol powers moving south; she was famed for archery and horsemanship, and records mention her 'Pear Blossom Spear' martial skill.
  3. 1231–1250Shandong · ShandongAfter the 1230s the Red Jacket Army's power gradually waned; Yang Miaozhen still took part in local armed activity in Shandong and died around 1250, her brother Yang An'er and husband Li Quan having also died in the fighting around this time.

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