Zhang Jiao was a native of China in the Eastern Han Dynasty (about the 2nd century AD) and the founder of Taiping Road, an early Taoist school. He and his two brothers, Zhang Bao and Sean, both believe in Taoism.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, three brothers founded Taiping Road. After more than ten years' efforts, Taiping Road in Zhangjiao has developed to many places in China, with hundreds of thousands of followers.
He established an organization "Fang" which combines military and political affairs. According to the geographical division of the country, there are 36 parties. The leaders of all parties called it "Qu Shuai", which had great influence among the people.
At that time, society was corrupt, politics was dark and people were poor. Zhang Jiao took advantage of the situation and launched the Yellow Scarf Uprising. After the failure of the uprising, Taiping Road basically disappeared.
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Zhang Jiao is a generalist who is proficient in many kinds of knowledge. First of all, history and novels record that Zhang Jiao is proficient in medical skills and once treated the poor. Secondly, "Taiping Dao" founded by Zhang Jiao is a branch of Taoism.
This can also prove that Zhang Jiao understands religious ceremonies. However, although Zhang Jiao knew a lot, neither medicine nor religion was the mainstream knowledge at that time.
Because medical skills were regarded as "heresy" at that time and belonged to the last stream, the so-called "heresy" was recorded in the last volume of Shu Wei in Three Kingdoms.
In fact, the identity of Zhang Jiao is closely related to what he has learned. In feudal times, it was difficult for Zhang Jiao, who had no family background, to improve his social status by studying classics, and it might be difficult to embark on the road of official career by learning other skills.
But making a living is more than enough, and it is this experience that makes Zhang Jiao come into contact with more working people, and it is easy to perceive social reality and then have the idea of uprising.