Peasant
Explanation:
The rebellions of the second century, a response to the military and political weaknesses of the Han dynasty, as well as to economic hardships, were disturbing elements for the Han state, which contributed to its subsequent fall. It is essentially that of the Yellow Turbans (Huangjin), extended by the northeast region since 184, and the movement of the Celestial Masters (Tianshidao), sometimes referred to as the Five Rice Measures or Wudoumi or the Rice Thieves (Mizei), which exploded at the time of Emperor Shun (125-144) in the Sichuan region, at that time the barn of China at that time, and a geographically very well protected area. The Celestial Masters created a solid bureaucracy in addition to a theistic component theology. With the latter they consolidated the authority of their leaders and legitimized them.
Also during this second century there were sporadic struggles between factions of eunuchs and members of the empress clans, the latter allied with bureaucrats with much power and influence. The eunuchs had achieved a lot of power, because in this century they enjoyed the right to perpetuate their power by adopting children to create families. In 166, the eunuchs managed to control the court and forbade many officials to remain in their positions. This episode, known as the Proscription, definitely eroded bureaucratic morals and local support for the Han dynasty.
The increasingly abysmal socio-economic differences ended up causing clients of large landowners to provide private military services in exchange for protection and food. Thus, the great manors contained many weapons for their defense, at a time when the central Han government showed its weaknesses in the different locations. Without protection, local populations were vulnerable to rebellions, disorder and bandit attacks.
Another fundamental element that weakened the Han state was the presence and action of caudillos, with solid economic foundations in certain regions of the empire. Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, a member of an aristocratic family, Liu Bei, a member of the imperial clan Liu and Sun Quan, a leader leader in the south, stood out. It would be the son of Cao Cao, Cao Pi, who put an end to the Han domain, founding a new dynasty and a new state, Wei, although he could not, however, unify the old empire.
The questioning of traditional truths, the result of intellectual disintegration, coupled with the disorder and confusion of this era, would also lead to the entry and consolidation in China of a foreign faith, Buddhism, which would eventually occupy a relevant space impregnated with culture. native.
