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An Lushan (Chinese: 安祿山; pinyin: Ān Lùshān; 20th day of the 1st month [4] (19 February) 703 [2] – 29 January 757 [3]) was a Chinese military general and rebel leader during the Tang dynasty and is primarily known for instigating the An Lushan rebellion which devastated China and killed millions of people.
An Lushan screamed "this is a thief of my own household" as he desperately shook his curtains since he could not find his sword to defend himself. An Lushan's intestines came out of his body as he was hacked to death by Li Zhuer and Yan Zhuang. [34] [35]: 41 A horse was once crushed to death under An Lushan's sheer weight due to his fatness. [36]
The siege of Suiyang was a military campaign during the An Lushan rebellion, launched by the rebel Yan army to capture the city of Suiyang from forces loyal to the Tang dynasty. Although the battle was ultimately won by the Yan army, it suffered major attrition of manpower and time.
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An Lushan was likely of Göktürk origins. His rebellion led to one of the bloodiest wars in human history. He was murdered by his son. [5] An Qingxu, son of An Lushan, succeeded his father. He was murdered by rebels. [6] [4] Shi Siming (703–761, age 58), a lieutenant under An Lushan, succeeded An Qingxu. He was murdered by his son. [7] [4]
Pages in category "People of An Lushan Rebellion" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
Empress Duan (段皇后, personal name unknown) was the second wife of An Lushan, a general of the Chinese Tang dynasty and later emperor of his rebel state of Yan.After he declared himself emperor of Yan in 756, she probably carried the title of empress, but historical records are not completely clear.
Zhang Xun was born in 709, [6] during the reign of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang.He was described as over 1.9 meters tall and had an imposing look. The official histories Old Book of Tang and New Book of Tang disagreed about the location where Zhang's family was from, with the Old Book of Tang indicating that the family was from Pu Prefecture (蒲州, roughly modern Yuncheng, Shanxi) [7] and the ...