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13-570: The administrative area of Taikang was originally known as "Yangxia County". As a major thoroughfare, the county has been historically important. It was the hometown of Wu Guang , one of the peasant leaders of the rebellion against the Qin dynasty . It was also the ancestral hometown of the Xie and Yuan surnames; it consequently was the birthplace of several famous Xie clan members such as Xie Daoyun , Xie Hui , Xie Lingyun , Xie Tiao , and others. Following

26-502: Is a primarily agrarian county, with some light industry . The county is famous for its production of cotton . As 2012, this county is divided to 11 towns and 12 townships. Wu Guang Wu Guang ( simplified Chinese : 吴广 ; traditional Chinese : 吳廣 , died December 209 BC or January 208 BC ) was a leader of the first rebellion against the Qin dynasty during the reign of the Second Qin Emperor . Wu Guang

39-654: The Sui dynasty , which changed its name to "Taikang County" in 587. This name was derived from Xia dynasty king Tai Kang . The character " 夏 " is normally pronounced as xià but in Central Plains Mandarin is pronounced jiǎ . In 884, the Tang army under Li Keyong defeated the rebel army of Shang Rang at Taikang. By time of the Ming dynasty , Taikang had grown rich as trade center and market town, and

52-616: The Cha Tianhua bandit group raided the town in 1911. In the following years, Taikang's economic importance declined due to the construction of railways in the region, but it was still the target of rampaging bandits and soldiers in the Warlord Era and Nanjing decade , with raids occurring in October 1923, December 1924, November 1925, January as well as June 1926, March 1927, March 1928, winter 1930, and January 1932. Today, Taikang

65-599: The First Emperor of the Qin dynasty . After being deceived by two alchemists while seeking prolonged life, Qin Shi Huang supposedly ordered more than 460 scholars in the capital to be buried alive , though an account given by Wei Hong in the 2nd century added another 700 to the figure. Fusu counselled that, with the country newly unified and enemies still not pacified, such a harsh measure imposed on those who respect Confucius would cause instability. However, he

78-415: The deadline, and according to law, if soldiers could not get to their posts on time, they would be executed. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, believing that they were doomed, led their soldiers to start a rebellion. They announced that Fusu , the crown prince of Qin, who had wrongly been forced to commit suicide, and Xiang Yan ( 項燕 ), a general of Chu , had not died and were joining their cause. They also declared

91-923: The reestablishment of Chu. Using 900 men to resist an empire seemed to be a suicidal move, but the people, who had felt deeply oppressed by the Qin regime, joined Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's cause quickly. Soon, there were people asking Chen Sheng to declare himself "King of Chu ". Against the advice of Zhang Er and Chen Yu , Chen Sheng declared himself "King of Rising Chu" ( 張楚王 ). After Chen Sheng set up his capital at Chen County (陳縣; in present-day Huaiyang , Henan), he appointed Wu Guang as acting-'King of Chu' and ordered Wu to head west toward Qin proper. Wu Guang's forces, however, became bogged down while laying siege to Xingyang (滎陽; northeast of present-day Xingyang , Henan). Wu Guang's generals became concerned that Qin reinforcements under Zhang Han would soon arrive and attack them on two sides. They wanted to change Wu Guang's plans, end

104-457: The siege of Xingyang, and face Zhang Han's forces directly. Unconvinced that Wu Guang would change his plans, they assassinated Wu and took over the army. Wu Guang sometimes appears as a door god in Chinese and Taoist temples , usually partnered with Chen Sheng . Fusu Fusu (died c. August or September 210   BC ) was the eldest son and heir apparent of Qin Shi Huang ,

117-807: The start of the chaotic Sixteen Kingdoms period, Yangxia County initially remained part of the areas held by the Eastern Jin , but was later conquered by the Former Qin . In course of the latter's decline, the county was occupied by the Northern Wei that held it until 446. It was then captured by the Liu Song dynasty , but reconquered by the Northern Wei in 488. Toward the end of the Northern and Southern dynasties period, Yangxia County fell to

130-494: The veracity of the decree, but Fusu either did not believe someone would dare to forge the decree or, with good reason, feared being killed anyway and thus committed suicide. According to Records of the Grand Historian , Fusu had a son, Ziying , who was enthroned after Zhao Gao forced Huhai to commit suicide in 207 BCE. By that time, Li Si had already been eliminated by Zhao Gao. Ziying soon killed Zhao Gao. There

143-492: Was born in Yangxia (陽夏; present-day Taikang County , Zhoukou , Henan ), and his courtesy name was Shu . In August or September 209 BC, he was a military captain along with Chen Sheng when the two of them were ordered to lead 900 soldiers to Yuyang (漁陽; southwest of present-day Miyun County , Beijing ) to help defend the northern border against Xiongnu . Due to storms, it became clear that they could not get to Yuyang by

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156-405: Was unable to change his father's mind and was instead sent to guard the frontier, where Meng Tian was stationed, in a de facto exile. After the death of Qin Shi Huang, Fusu's youngest brother, Huhai , together with high officials Zhao Gao and Li Si , forged his father's decree to rename Huhai as the successor and order Fusu to commit suicide. Some aides of Fusu, including Meng Tian, doubted

169-728: Was widely nicknamed "Silver Taikang". Due to this wealth, however, the town was repeatedly sacked in times of political unrest. It was plundered by the Shun rebel army of Li Zicheng in 1644 during the fall of the Ming dynasty . In course of the Nian Rebellion , Taikang was plundered by insurgents four times, namely in 1852, 1856, 1861, and 1863. After the Xinhai Revolution 's outbreak, the Yellow Sand Society and

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