#OTD in #ChineseHistory: An Lushan #安祿山 (703–757) killed by one of his eunuchs and his son. A military commissioner #節度使 of Turko-Sogdian descent in service of the Tang #唐, An rebelled in 755 thus starting the #AnLushanRebellion #安史之亂, founding his own Yan #燕 dynasty.
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#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Zhu Quanzhong 朱全忠, né Wen 溫 (852–912), military commissioner #節度使 who overthrew the #Tang #唐 #dynasty after 289 years and established the Latter Liang 後梁 (907–923), 1st of the #FiveDynasties #五代. 首尾三鱗六十年,兩角犢子恣狂顛,龍蛇相鬪血成川
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