in : An Lushan (703–757) killed by one of his eunuchs and his son. A military commissioner of Turko-Sogdian descent in service of the Tang , An rebelled in 755 thus starting the , founding his own Yan dynasty.

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in : Zhu Quanzhong 朱全忠, né Wen 溫 (852–912), military commissioner who overthrew the after 289 years and established the Latter Liang 後梁 (907–923), 1st of the . 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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