Editing Chenliu

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'''Chenliu''' (陳留), presently known as '''Kaifeng''' (開封),<ref name="Dynasty 17">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Golden Turtles (Part 1)]]</ref> is a city in [[Henan]] situated immediately east of [[Xingyang]] and [[Luoyang]] along the [[Yellow River]].<ref name="Dynasty 18">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Golden Turtles (Part 2)]]</ref> It was the seat of '''Chenliu Commandery''' (陳留郡) under the [[Tang dynasty]] (618–907)<ref name="Dynasty 18" /> and the imperial capital of the [[Song dynasty|Song]] (960–1279) for the first half of its history prior to its {{wiki|Jingkang Incident|conquest}} by the {{wiki|Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jurchen Jin}}.<ref name="Kuhn 2009">Kuhn, Dieter. (2009). "Transforming the Capitals". In ''The Age of Confucian Rule: The Song Transformation of China''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 187–212.</ref>

==History==
When the [[An Lushan Rebellion]] broke out in 755,<ref name="Dynasty 10">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 3)]]</ref> Chenliu Commandery was placed under the supervision of Defence Officer (防禦使) [[Zhang Jieran]] to resist the ''[[jiedushi]]''{{'}}s advance. [[An Lushan]]'s army of 200,000 troops<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref> crossed the [[Yellow River]] on 8 January 756,<ref name="Timeline">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Record of Major Events in Tianbao Year 14]]</ref><ref name="Sinica converter">兩千年中西曆轉換 [Western Calendar Converter for Two Thousand Years]. Academia Sinica Center for Digital Cultures. Accessed 27 April 2022. https://sinocal.sinica.edu.tw/</ref> Three days later, he attacked Chenliu and captured it with ease.<ref name="Timeline" /> Jieran was bound with ropes and presented to Lushan before the city gates, who killed him in a fury while grieving the execution of his favourite son [[An Qingzong]] in [[Chang'an]]. Filled with bloodlust, Lushan then proceeded to massacre the tens of thousands of Chenliu prisoners-of-war.<ref name="Dynasty 17" />

==Behind the scenes==
Chenliu features in the manhua ''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' (2020) when its fall to the rebel ''jiedushi'' An Lushan is depicted in [[Golden Turtles (Part 1)|Chapter 17]]. This event is dated in the chapter to the twelfth month of [[Tianbao era|Tianbao Year 14]], which is erroneously glossed to 755 CE of the {{wiki|Gregorian calendar}}. A relative chronology of events given in the [[Golden Turtles (Part 2)|following chapter]] is further corroborated in the later [[Record of Major Events in Tianbao Year 14|timeline]] appended to Volume 4: ''The Last Stand of Justice''. These dates correctly align with those given in the historical records the ''{{wiki|Old Book of Tang}}'' (945) and the ''{{wiki|Zishi Tongjian}}'' (1084) but corresponds to January of 756 CE when [https://sinocal.sinica.edu.tw/ converted] into the Gregorian calendar.

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]''

==References==
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