Rising of Later Yellow Turbans in Bobo Valley
Chinese	起回頭白波賊 (traditional) 起回头白波贼 (simplified)
Pinyin	qǐ huítóu Bóbō zéi
Wade-Giles	chi hui-t'ou Popo tsei
Battle Information
Date	Second month of 188
Location	Taiyuan and Hedong commanderies in Bing province
Result	Commanderies succesfully plundered by Guo Da and followers
Forces
"Yellow Turbans"	Han
Commanders
Guo Da	Unknown
Advisors and Strategists
None	None
Officers
Unknown	Unknown
Sub-Officers
Unknown	Unknown
Strength
Unknown	Unknown

The Rising of the Bobo bandits (qǐ huítóu Bóbō zéi 起回頭白波賊) in Xihe commandery in Bing province, was a local rising of bandits who claimed affiliation with the Yellow Turbans. The bandits were led by one Guo Da 郭大.

The BattleEdit

The Bobo bandits 白波戝 (White Wave Rebels) from the Bobo Valley in Xihe commandery, Bing Province had many leading men, such as Li Le, Han Xian, Han Cui and others. The Bobo bandits claimed affilition with the Yellow Turbans.

In the second month of 188 AD the Bobo leader Guo Da took with him some fellow bandits and plundered the commanderies of Taiyuan and Hedong. What happened afterwards is not known, i.e., we are not told who, if any, was sent to deal with the bandits. We do know the bandits survived to play a role in the 190's.^[1][2]

The Book of the Later Han, chapter 8: Annals of Emperor Ling says the following:^[3]

“二月，(...)。黃巾余賊郭太等起于西河白波谷，寇太原、河東。”

“Second month (二月), (...) Remaining (余) Yellow Turban bandit (黃巾賊) Guo Da (here mentioned as Guo Tai 郭太) rose in the Bobo Valley (白波谷), and invaded (寇) Taiyuan 太原 and Hedong 河東.”

NotesEdit

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ de Crespigny, A Biographical Dictionary, biography of Guo Da, page 280
2. ↑ de Crespigny, Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling, Zhongping 5
3. ↑ Fan Ye, Hou Han shu, Annals of the filial Emperor Ling

SourcesEdit

• de Crespigny, Rafe. A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms. BRILL, 2007.
• —. Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling. Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1989.
• Fan Ye. Hou Han shu.
• Sima Guang. Zizhi tongjian.