Zhou, officially the Great Zhou (), was one of the short-lived rebel states that existed in China during the Red Turban Rebellion in the final phase of the Yuan dynasty. It was founded in 1354 in Jiangxi by the local rebel leader, Zhang Shicheng. At first, it included a small area around Gaoyou in central Jiangsu. In 1355–1356, it extended its power south from the Yangtze River to northern Zhejiang. Zhang moved south to Suzhou in 1356 and submitted to Yuan rule the following year, relinquishing his royal title.
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Edward L. Farmer, Zhu Yuanzhang and Early Ming Legislation: The Reordering of Chinese Society Following the Era of Mongol Rule. BRILL, 1995. , . On Google Books. p. 23.