AD 184
The end of the Later Han dynasty"The Yellow Turban Rebellion"A Taoist sect, "The Way of the Great Peace"Its founder Zhang Jue called himself the General of Heavenand called upon his followers all over China to rise up in armsHis army of rebels numbered over 300,000 men"The Azure Sky is Dead""The Yellow Heaven Will Rise"...huh
THE AZURE SKY IS DEAD,
THE YELLOW HEAVEN WILL RISE.
COME THE SIXTIETH YEAR.
GREAT FORTUNE WILL COME TO THE WORLD.
This was the chant of the Yellow Turbans. The Han dynasty identified itself with the Water element of the Five Elements, which is represented by the azure colour. By identifying with the colour yellow, the Yellow Turbans claimed to be the Earth element that dams the Water. Sixty years, or a jiazi 甲子,
represents one cycle of the Chinese sexagenary cycle.Hitori illustrates the salacious histories of rule and disorder,
rise and fall!!Chiran koubou (rule and disorder, rise and fall) has the ra character blotted out in the furigana to make it look like Chinkou bou, which is close enough to "penis rod" in Japanese.Hey sworn brotherWhat do the banners of the Yellow Turban rebels mean, huh?
Its founder Zhang Jue called himself the General of Heaven
and called upon his followers all over China to rise up in arms
His army of rebels numbered over 300,000 men
"The Azure Sky is Dead"
"The Yellow Heaven Will Rise"
...huh
THE AZURE SKY IS DEAD,
THE YELLOW HEAVEN WILL RISE.
COME THE SIXTIETH YEAR.
GREAT FORTUNE WILL COME TO THE WORLD.
This was the chant of the Yellow Turbans. The Han dynasty identified itself with the Water element of the Five Elements, which is represented by the azure colour. By identifying with the colour yellow, the Yellow Turbans claimed to be the Earth element that dams the Water. Sixty years, or a jiazi 甲子,
represents one cycle of the Chinese sexagenary cycle.
Hitori illustrates the salacious histories of rule and disorder,
rise and fall!!Chiran koubou (rule and disorder, rise and fall) has the ra character blotted out in the furigana to make it look like Chinkou bou, which is close enough to "penis rod" in Japanese.
Hey sworn brother
What do the banners of the Yellow Turban rebels mean, huh?
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