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Chen Shuozhen Chen Shuozhen d 653 Muzhou China Rebel Women Embroidery

Chen Shuozhen (Chinese: 陳碩真; pinyin: Chén Shuòzhēn; died 653) was a Tang dynasty woman from Muzhou (in modern Chun'an, Zhejiang), who led a peasant uprising in 653. During the rebellion, she declared herself Emperor Wenjia (文佳皇帝), becoming the only female rebel leader in Chinese history to assume the title of emperor.

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