This appalling cannibalism record is the highest in China and probably the highest in the world. According to history textbooks, Huang Chao was the leader of the peasant revolution, and the peasant uprising led by Huang Chao was an act of overthrowing feudal rule, which was of revolutionary and progressive significance. There is no doubt about it. However, judging from the dichotomy advocated by Mao Zedong, compared with him, the revolutionary leader's means of poisoning ordinary people in the non-ruling class is far behind and candidly admit defeat. In a "Twenty-four History", only he can use the word "sucking the marrow" to describe his cannibalism.
How many people Huang Chao ate is unknown. However, according to historical records, he "surrounded Chen Zhou, camped in the northern part of the state and built a palace for a lasting solution". It seems that I fell from the dragon chair in Chang' an, and I am still unfinished, and my addiction to the emperor is not enough. He just set up a temporary court here so that he could "rule only and prosper only".
However, the emperor had to support his own civil and military officials and tens of thousands of uprising soldiers, who fought Chen Zhou for him for 300 days. According to the most conservative estimate, the number of people he wants to eat is at least ten times that of those who were eaten when Zhang Xun was guarding Suiyang City.
The invention right of "Mo Mo Zhai" belongs to Zhu Can rather than Huang Chao, and its name is slightly different, called "Tao Mo Zhai". Huang Chao surrounded Chen Zhou, and he had a premonition that the death knell was about to ring. A gambler who knows death is coming, what chips can't be pushed to the middle of the table? As a result, Zhu can's cannibalism was exposed to the world, and hundreds of (say, 3,000) giant pheasants started work at the same time, becoming a human flesh workshop supplying rations, and the assembly line was running day and night. A large number of living villagers, men, women and children, were all taken into giant pots and ground into minced meat in an instant. People around Chen Zhou ate it up, expanding the source of raw material supply. "Soldiers plundered dozens of States such as Henan, Xu, Ru, Tang, Deng, Meng, Zheng, Bian, Cao, Xu and Yan, and all the salt was poisoned by them." Revolutionary leaders' behavior of eating people on a large scale without spitting bones is barbaric, cruel, horrible and appalling. Even judging by historical materialism, it is difficult to beautify him with the word "revolution".
Of course, "the revolution is not a dinner party." In the battle of iron and blood, if you can't destroy the enemy, the opponent will get rid of you mercilessly. Therefore, it is cruel and barbaric for farmers in past dynasties to take risks and resist powerful rulers and rebel leaders, and they all kill people without blinking an eye. However, Huang Chao's evil behavior of eating human flesh is by no means a battle on the battlefield in the general sense, but a massacre that exterminates mankind.
No matter the official history or unofficial history, the evaluation of Huang Chao is negative. From the Huang Chao Rebellion, to the Five Dynasties, to the Northern Song Dynasty, and then to the Southern Song Dynasty, the overall national conditions of the Chinese nation have been in the process of continuous decline, which is also an undeniable fact. Therefore, we can't help but wonder whether this movement of Huang Chao eating so many ordinary people has played a role in promoting history or promoting retreat. Played a propaganda role in Chinese civilization? Or has it played a harmful role? Practically speaking, to be fair, the answer is definitely no.
There is also controversy about cannibalism in this period of history, and some people raise objections, but what is the fact needs clear evidence.