Chén Shèng shì Qíncháo mònián nóngmín qǐyì de lǐngxiù.
Chen Sheng was a leader of the peasant uprising at the end of the Qin dynasty.
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history
In 209 BC he and 吴广 were leading conscripts to the frontier when heavy rain made them late, and under Qin law lateness meant death, so they rebelled. He made himself king of a state he called 张楚, but within six months he was killed by his own carriage driver.
culture
The 《史记》 calls him 陈涉, by his courtesy name. While still a hired farmhand he sighed 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志, "how could a sparrow know the ambition of a swan?"
