Is “He ruled Hanzhong for over thirty years with a theocratic government.” true?
attested in history
According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Book, Biography of Zhang Lu, Zhang Lu spread the Way of the Five Pecks of Rice in Hanzhong, set up charity lodges with free rice and meat, and protected the people for over thirty years.
Zhang Lu
In official history, he was the third Celestial Master of the Way of the Five Pecks of Rice and the leader of a separatist regime in Hanzhong.