Names of The Bandits
As the members of the confederacy were outlaws, many of them used nicknames, named after their defining traits. While some of these names may be genuine names, there had been some efforts to translate the names and determine the possible logic behind them.
- Boque (白雀, White Sparrow)
- Bo Rao (白繞, White Circles)
- Fuyun (浮雲, Floating Cloud)
- Guo Daxian (郭大賢, Guo Great-Virtue)
- Huanglong (黃龍, Yellow Dragon)
- Kujiu (苦蝤, Dry Grub) - possibly named for his baldness
- Li Damu (李大目, Big-Eyes Li)
- Liu Shi (劉石)
- Luoshi (羅市)
- Pinghan Daji (平漢大計, Grand Design to Pacify the Han)
- Qing Niujue (青牛角, Green Ox-horn)
- Sili Yuancheng (司隸掾城, Director of Retainers Who Scales the City Wall)
- Sui Gu (Fixed Gaze)
- Sun Qing (孫輕)
- Tao Sheng (陶升)
- Wang Dang (王當)
- Wulu (五鹿, Five Deer) - possibly named for something he wore
- Yang Feng (楊鳳)
- Yu Digen (于羝根) - possibly named for having a hairy face or penis
- Yu Du (于毒, Poison Yu)
- Zhang Niujue (張牛角, Oxhorn Zhang)
- Zhang Leigong (張雷公, Zhang Lord of Thunder) - named for his loud voice
- Zhang Yan (nicknamed Flying Swallow Zhang) - named for his agility
- Zuo Zizhangba (左髭丈八, Zuo with the Eighty-foot Mustache)
- Zuoxiao (左校, Enclosure on the Left) - probably took his name from the title of the officer responsible for convict labourers under the Court Architect
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