Xu Shouhui

Xu Shouhui (1320–1360) was a cloth peddler from Luotian in Hubei who became emperor of the southern Red Turbans. In August 1351 he joined the rising at Qizhou, which rallied followers with the promise of Maitreya's coming. That October, after Qishui was taken, he was proclaimed emperor of the Tianwan regime.

Yuan troops destroyed Qishui in 1353, but his forces recovered Jiangxi and Hunan and moved the capital to Hanyang in 1356. His minister Ni Wenjun held real power and attempted to kill him in 1357; Chen Youliang killed Ni and took control. Chen later held Xu captive and murdered him at Caishi in 1360.