张角 / Zhang Jiao (late Han)
张角 / Zhang Jiao enters the wiki through Hanji 995 as a comparator for late-Han religious mobilization. The host mentions Zhang Jiao’s 太平道 alongside 张鲁’s 五斗米道 while discussing how religious organization can become a mass political tool.
The episode does not equate Zhang Jiao with 笮融. Zhang Jiao functions as a historical comparator showing that late-Han religious networks could mobilize people at scale, while Ze Rong is framed more narrowly as an actor who uses Buddhist display to cover personal plunder and murder.