{"slug": "an-lushan-rebellion", "label": "An Lushan Rebellion", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Lushan_Rebellion", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [755, 763], "span_label": ["755 CE", "763 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}], "related": [{"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "tang-dynasty", "label": "Tang dynasty", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "luoyang", "label": "Luoyang", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "emperor-xuanzong-of-tang", "label": "Emperor Xuanzong of Tang", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "beijing", "label": "Beijing", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "grand-canal-china", "label": "Grand Canal (China)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vietnam", "label": "Vietnam", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "guangzhou", "label": "Guangzhou", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hanoi", "label": "Hanoi", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chinese-poetry", "label": "Chinese poetry", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "yellow-river", "label": "Yellow River", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 755, "year_label": "755 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 16", "text": "December 16 – General An Lushan begins the Anshi Rebellion against Emperor Xuan Zong of the Tang Dynasty (China). His army surges down from Fanyang (near modern Beijing), and moves rapidly along the Grand Canal. Meanwhile, Xuan Zong sends Feng Changqing, governor of Fanyang, to build up defenses at the eastern capital of Luoyang.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847491#Asia", "title": "755", "revid": 1340847491, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 756, "year_label": "756 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 18", "text": "January 18 – An Lushan Rebellion: The eastern capital of Luoyang falls to the 200,000-strong army of the rebel general An Lushan, who defeats loyalist forces under Feng Changqing. The rebels cross the Yellow River, and march on to capture the cities Chenliu and Yingyang (modern Zhengzhou, Henan).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654675#Chinese_Empire", "title": "756", "revid": 1366654675, "section": "Events › By place › Chinese Empire"}}, {"year": 757, "year_label": "757 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – Du Fu, Chinese poet, returns to Chang'an as a member of Emperor Xuan Zong's court, after having escaped the city during the An Lushan Rebellion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341678247#China", "title": "AD 757", "revid": 1341678247, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 758, "year_label": "758 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "An Lushan Rebellion: The Chinese seaport of Guangzhou is sacked by Muslim and Persian raiders. The port is shut down for the next 5 decades, while foreign vessels dock at Hanoi (modern Vietnam) instead. Guangzhou thrives again, once it is reopened to foreign trade in the early 9th century.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654492#Asia", "title": "758", "revid": 1366654492, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 759, "year_label": "759 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "An Lushan Rebellion: Tang forces under Guo Ziyi lay siege to the city of Yanjing (Northern China) as they increase their efforts to end the rebellion. The fighting creates such a shortage of food within its walls that rats sell at enormous prices.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847712#Asia", "title": "759", "revid": 1340847712, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 763, "year_label": "763 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 17", "text": "February 17 – An Lushan Rebellion: Emperor Shi Chaoyi hangs himself to avoid being captured by Tang troops sent by the renegade Li Huaixian, ending the 7-year rebellion against the Tang dynasty in China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359487766#Asia", "title": "763", "revid": 1359487766, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}]}