The possibly-apocryphal story of the first Han ruler, Emperor Gaozu (pre-regnal name Liu Bang), is that he was overseeing the transport of convicts when some es

The possibly-apocryphal story of the first Han ruler, Emperor Gaozu (pre-regnal name Liu Bang), is that he was overseeing the transport of convicts when some escaped. Since the penalty for allowing an escape was death, he released all of the convicts, went into the mountains and became the leader of an outlaw group which came out on top after the fall of the Qin dynasty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Gaozu_of_Han https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Gaozu_of_Han