Li Tianbao

Li Tianbao (?–1460), leader of a mid-Ming dynasty rebellion in Guizhou, was from Macheng (Macheng, Hubei Province). He fled to Guizhou to avoid corvée labor and in 1460, he claimed to be a descendant of Emperor Taizong of Tang and led a rebellion of over ten thousand Miao and Han people, declaring himself king and using the era name of "Wulie". The Ming dynasty sent General Li Zhen to suppress the rebellion and Li Tianbao was defeated, captured, and executed.