紅巾軍
In August 1351, he worked with others in Qízhōu () to establish the rebel army of Red Turbans under the pretense of the Buddhist White Lotus Society. In the following months of the Red Turban Rebellion, they captured Qishui () and made it the command centre of the Red Turbans and the capital of the newly declared Empire of Tianwan (), with himself as the emperor with the era name of Zhiping ().