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An Lu Shan
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An Lu Shan [æn luː ʃæn]
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(Biographies / An Lu Shan (703-757) M, Chinese, POLITICS: statesman) 703-57 ad, Chinese military governor. He declared himself emperor (756) and seized the capital Chang An; murdered by a eunuch slave


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For example, he pardoned the mutinous general An Lushan whom many believed, at least retrospectively, should have been sentenced to death.
00 Hardcover DS751 In 755 An Lushan rebelled against the Tang dynasty and the Chinese empire disintegrated.
To prevent the reoccurence of the disastrous An Lushan rebellion of 755, when a powerful border general nearly toppled the mighty Tang dynasty (618--907), [92] Ming rulers chose to concentrate a very large proportion of their forces close to the capital, where presumably they would be under closer supervision and tighter control.
 
 
 
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