PersonAD 703 – AD 757
An Lushan
Also called: An Lu-shan
Tang military governor of Sogdian–Turkic descent who held three commands including Fanyang, rebelled in 755 and proclaimed the state of Yan, but was murdered by his son in 757
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The rebellion launched in 755 by the military governor An Lushan and his lieutenant Shi Siming lasted until 763. The Tang lost and regained Chang’an, but afterwards declined as regional governors entrenched themselves and the codified order collapsed.
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- Emperor Xuanzong of TangAD 685 – AD 762
Tang emperor (r. 712–756) whose Kaiyuan era marked the dynasty’s height; infatuated with Yang Guifei in later years, he fled to Sichuan when the An Lushan Rebellion broke out
Themes this person appears in
- Sui, Tang and the East Asian WorldAD 317 – AD 979
From the divided Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Gupta age through the Sui and Tang empires to the founding of the Song — the age when an East Asian world sharing law codes, Buddhism, Confucianism and Chinese characters took shape, and Korea and Japan built their states on its model