Zou Pusheng

Zou Pusheng was a blacksmith from Macheng in Hubei who became a chief leader of the southern Red Turbans. In 1351 the cloth peddler Xu Shouhui brought iron to him and asked him to make implements. Zou replied that the world needed a sword rather than farm tools, and the two planned a revolt under the sign of the red turban.

They rose at Qizhou, and when Xu was enthroned as Tianwan emperor late in 1351, Zou became Grand Preceptor. He kept the title after Chen Youliang seized power; his later fate is unknown.