#102 - AnShi 2: Song of Everlasting Sorrow

The History of China

Chris Stewart

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🗓️ 30 June 2016

⏱️ 42 minutes

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An Lushan marches south, occupying Louyang with blinding speed and leaving the Tang Dynasty reeling. Still, ultimately the tide seems ready to turn against the rebel general and self-styled-Emperor of Yan, until Chancellor Yang Guozhong's bungling ruins absolutely everything. Time Period Covered: Jan-July, 756 Major Historical Actors: Tang Dynasty: Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Chancellor Yang Guozhong (d. 756) Consort Yang Guifei (d. 756) Crowned Prince Li Heng General Feng Chengqian (d. 756) General Gao Xianzhi (d. 756) General Geshu Han Dongan Protectorate/Yang Dynasty: An Lushan An Qingzong (d. 756) Major Works Cited: Abramson, Marc S. (2008). Ethnic Identity in Tang China. Chamney, Lee (2012). “The An Shi Rebellion and Rejection of the Other in Tang China, 618-763.” University of Alberta. Pulleyblank, Edwin G. (1976). “The An Lu-Shan Rebellion and the Origins of Chronic Militarism in Late T’ang China” in Essays on Tʻang Society: The Interplay of Social, Political and Economic Forces. Twitchett, Denis. “End of the Reign” in The Cambridge History of China, vol. 3.De la Vaissière, Étienne, (tr.) James Ward (2002). Sogdian Traders: A History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.7	Hello and welcome to the history of China.
0:47.0	Episode 102, Song of Everlasting Sorrow.
0:52.0	Last time we watched the buildup to Rebellion everlasting sorrow.
0:53.0	Last time, we watched the buildup to Rebellion by the Governor-General of the Northeast on Lu Shan
0:58.1	and his 200,000-strong army.
1:01.4	We left off with his raising his banners in official rebellion against the Tong Empire,
1:05.6	under the pretense of him having received a secret missive from Emperor Shenzhen,
1:10.5	requesting his aid and overthrowing the Imperial Chancellor,
1:13.8	Yang Guo Jong-Jong, who had long been General Anne's personal nemesis.
1:18.0	Today we're going to follow the war path as the Army of Anushan plunges southward from their starting point at
1:24.7	Phanyang, what is today Beijing, and makes a beeline for the secondary capital of the empire, Loyang.
1:32.0	You could certainly be forgiven on the tail end of last week's episode describing
1:36.1	the building pressure leading towards the revolt for thinking that either
1:40.4	Emperor Shenzhen, who by 755 was pretty sure General On was going to rebel, or that
1:47.3	Chancellor Young, who had been screaming bloody murder in the Emperor's ear for a period of some
1:52.0	three years by this point that he's obviously going to rebel,
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