Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Emperor Suzong of Tang, Wang Zhongsi, Xiao Song, Du Hongjian, Niu Xianke, an Sishun, Li Cong. Excerpt: An Sishun ( ) (d. April 6, 756 ), was a general of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, probably of Tujue (Gktrk ) extraction. He was related to another general, An Lushan . After An Lushan rebelled against Emperor Xuanzong's rule in 755, another general who was inimical to An Sishun, Geshu Han, manufactured evidence that An Sishun was complicit in An Lushan's rebellion, and An Sishun was killed. Background and flight to Tang territory An Sishun's father's name might have been An Daomai ( ), and appeared to be of Tujue extraction. An Daomai's brother An Yanyan ( ) had married a sorceress, Lady Ashide, who already had a son named Galuoshan, whom An Yanyan adopted and renamed An Lushan. At some point, An Yanyan's tribe suffered a catastrophe, and An Lushan, An Sishun, and possibly An Yanyan, fled to Tang Dynasty territory. At that time, another son of An Daomai's, An Zhenjie ( ), was serving as advisor to the Tang prefect of Lan Prefecture (, in modern Lliang, Shanxi ), and so they settled with An Zhenjie. Career as general As of 747, An Sishun was serving as the military governor ( jiedushi ) of Shuofang Circuit (, headquartered in modern Yinchuan, Ningxia ), when, as a part of governor movements, Emperor Xuanzong made him the military governor of Hexi Circuit (, headquartered in modern Wuwei, Gansu ), as well as acting governor of Wuwei Commandery. In 750, he assumed the military governship of Shuofang as well. In 751, after Emperor Xuanzong met with and was impressed by the ethnically Goguryeo general Gao Xianzhi, who was then military governor of Anxi Circuit (, headquartered in modern Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang ), he issued an o...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Tang Dynasty Jiedushi of Hexi Circuit: Emperor Suzong of Tang, Wang Zhongsi, Xiao Song, Du Hongjian, Niu Xianke, an Sishun. To get started finding Tang Dynasty Jiedushi of Hexi Circuit: Emperor Suzong of Tang, Wang Zhongsi, Xiao Song, Du Hongjian, Niu Xianke, an Sishun, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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48
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Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1155588304
Tang Dynasty Jiedushi of Hexi Circuit: Emperor Suzong of Tang, Wang Zhongsi, Xiao Song, Du Hongjian, Niu Xianke, an Sishun
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Emperor Suzong of Tang, Wang Zhongsi, Xiao Song, Du Hongjian, Niu Xianke, an Sishun, Li Cong. Excerpt: An Sishun ( ) (d. April 6, 756 ), was a general of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, probably of Tujue (Gktrk ) extraction. He was related to another general, An Lushan . After An Lushan rebelled against Emperor Xuanzong's rule in 755, another general who was inimical to An Sishun, Geshu Han, manufactured evidence that An Sishun was complicit in An Lushan's rebellion, and An Sishun was killed. Background and flight to Tang territory An Sishun's father's name might have been An Daomai ( ), and appeared to be of Tujue extraction. An Daomai's brother An Yanyan ( ) had married a sorceress, Lady Ashide, who already had a son named Galuoshan, whom An Yanyan adopted and renamed An Lushan. At some point, An Yanyan's tribe suffered a catastrophe, and An Lushan, An Sishun, and possibly An Yanyan, fled to Tang Dynasty territory. At that time, another son of An Daomai's, An Zhenjie ( ), was serving as advisor to the Tang prefect of Lan Prefecture (, in modern Lliang, Shanxi ), and so they settled with An Zhenjie. Career as general As of 747, An Sishun was serving as the military governor ( jiedushi ) of Shuofang Circuit (, headquartered in modern Yinchuan, Ningxia ), when, as a part of governor movements, Emperor Xuanzong made him the military governor of Hexi Circuit (, headquartered in modern Wuwei, Gansu ), as well as acting governor of Wuwei Commandery. In 750, he assumed the military governship of Shuofang as well. In 751, after Emperor Xuanzong met with and was impressed by the ethnically Goguryeo general Gao Xianzhi, who was then military governor of Anxi Circuit (, headquartered in modern Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang ), he issued an o...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Tang Dynasty Jiedushi of Hexi Circuit: Emperor Suzong of Tang, Wang Zhongsi, Xiao Song, Du Hongjian, Niu Xianke, an Sishun. To get started finding Tang Dynasty Jiedushi of Hexi Circuit: Emperor Suzong of Tang, Wang Zhongsi, Xiao Song, Du Hongjian, Niu Xianke, an Sishun, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.