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	'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>		'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>

			==History==
	When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755,<ref name="Dynasty 10">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 3)]]'' </ref> he led his 150,000 strong army<ref name="Dynasty 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 5)]]</ref> down on a southward march against the Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission,<ref name="Dynasty 12" /> but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition.<ref name="Dynasty 15" /> The commandery name Jùlù (鉅鹿) means 'iron deer', but since ''lù'' (鹿, 'deer') is homophonic with the ''lù'' (祿) in Lushan's name, a pun on ''jù Lù'' (拒祿), meaning 'repel Lu' could be construed.<ref group="note" name="note1">The pronunciations here are in the modern {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese\|Mandarin}} language, which would not have been spoken by the individuals in this time period. Their linguistic variety would have corresponded more with {{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}. The Middle Chinese pronunciations of 鉅鹿 'iron deer' and 拒祿 'repel Lu' based on the reconstructions by one Chinese linguist, {{Wiki\|Zhengzhang Shangfang}}, are both /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/ while for Lushan's name, it would be /luk.ʃˠɛn/. Further hint at the actual pronunciation may be gleamed from the modern {{wiki\|Cantonese}} pronunciations, romanized in the {{wiki\|Jyutping}} system as ''geoi⁶luk⁶'', ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', and ''Luk⁶saan¹'' respectively. In this case, the pun happens to transfer perfectly in Mandarin.</ref> Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755,<ref name="Dynasty 10">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 3)]]'' </ref> he led his 150,000 strong army<ref name="Dynasty 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 5)]]</ref> down on a southward march against the Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission,<ref name="Dynasty 12" /> but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition.<ref name="Dynasty 15" /> The commandery name Jùlù (鉅鹿) means 'iron deer', but since ''lù'' (鹿, 'deer') is homophonic with the ''lù'' (祿) in Lushan's name, a pun on ''jù Lù'' (拒祿), meaning 'repel Lu' could be construed.<ref group="note" name="note1">The pronunciations here are in the modern {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese\|Mandarin}} language, which would not have been spoken by the individuals in this time period. Their linguistic variety would have corresponded more with {{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}. The Middle Chinese pronunciations of 鉅鹿 'iron deer' and 拒祿 'repel Lu' based on the reconstructions by one Chinese linguist, {{Wiki\|Zhengzhang Shangfang}}, are both /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/ while for Lushan's name, it would be /luk.ʃˠɛn/. Further hint at the actual pronunciation may be gleamed from the modern {{wiki\|Cantonese}} pronunciations, romanized in the {{wiki\|Jyutping}} system as ''geoi⁶luk⁶'', ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', and ''Luk⁶saan¹'' respectively. In this case, the pun happens to transfer perfectly in Mandarin.</ref> Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

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Soranin moved page Julu Commandery to Julu: Per discussion

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	'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>		'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>

	When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755,<ref name="Dynasty 10">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 3)]]'' </ref> he led his 150,000 strong army<ref name="Dynasty 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 5)</ref> down on a southward march against the Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission,<ref name="Dynasty 12" /> but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition.<ref name="Dynasty 15" /> The commandery name Jùlù (鉅鹿) means 'iron deer', but since ''lù'' (鹿, 'deer') is homophonic with the ''lù'' (祿) in Lushan's name, a pun on ''jù Lù'' (拒祿), meaning 'repel Lu' could be construed.<ref group="note" name="note1">The pronunciations here are in the modern {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese\|Mandarin}} language, which would not have been spoken by the individuals in this time period. Their linguistic variety would have corresponded more with {{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}. The Middle Chinese pronunciations of 鉅鹿 'iron deer' and 拒祿 'repel Lu' based on the reconstructions by one Chinese linguist, {{Wiki\|Zhengzhang Shangfang}}, are both /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/ while for Lushan's name, it would be /luk.ʃˠɛn/. Further hint at the actual pronunciation may be gleamed from the modern {{wiki\|Cantonese}} pronunciations, romanized in the {{wiki\|Jyutping}} system as ''geoi⁶luk⁶'', ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', and ''Luk⁶saan¹'' respectively. In this case, the pun happens to transfer perfectly in Mandarin.</ref> Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755,<ref name="Dynasty 10">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 3)]]'' </ref> he led his 150,000 strong army<ref name="Dynasty 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 5)]]</ref> down on a southward march against the Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission,<ref name="Dynasty 12" /> but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition.<ref name="Dynasty 15" /> The commandery name Jùlù (鉅鹿) means 'iron deer', but since ''lù'' (鹿, 'deer') is homophonic with the ''lù'' (祿) in Lushan's name, a pun on ''jù Lù'' (拒祿), meaning 'repel Lu' could be construed.<ref group="note" name="note1">The pronunciations here are in the modern {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese\|Mandarin}} language, which would not have been spoken by the individuals in this time period. Their linguistic variety would have corresponded more with {{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}. The Middle Chinese pronunciations of 鉅鹿 'iron deer' and 拒祿 'repel Lu' based on the reconstructions by one Chinese linguist, {{Wiki\|Zhengzhang Shangfang}}, are both /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/ while for Lushan's name, it would be /luk.ʃˠɛn/. Further hint at the actual pronunciation may be gleamed from the modern {{wiki\|Cantonese}} pronunciations, romanized in the {{wiki\|Jyutping}} system as ''geoi⁶luk⁶'', ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', and ''Luk⁶saan¹'' respectively. In this case, the pun happens to transfer perfectly in Mandarin.</ref> Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

	[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

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	'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>		'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>

	When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755, he led his 150,000 strong army down on a southward march Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission, but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition. The commandery name Jùlù (鉅鹿) means 'iron deer', but since ''lù'' (鹿, 'deer') is homophonic with the ''lù'' (祿) in Lushan's name, a pun on ''jù Lù'' (拒祿), meaning 'repel Lu' could be construed.<ref group="note" name="note1">The pronunciations here are in the modern {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese\|Mandarin}} language, which would not have been spoken by the individuals in this time period. Their linguistic variety would have corresponded more with {{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}. The Middle Chinese pronunciations of 鉅鹿 'iron deer' and 拒祿 'repel Lu' based on the reconstructions by one Chinese linguist, {{Wiki\|Zhengzhang Shangfang}}, are both /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/ while for Lushan's name, it would be /luk.ʃˠɛn/. Further hint at the actual pronunciation may be gleamed from the modern {{wiki\|Cantonese}} pronunciations, romanized in the {{wiki\|Jyutping}} system as ''geoi⁶luk⁶'', ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', and ''Luk⁶saan¹'' respectively. In this case, the pun happens to transfer perfectly in Mandarin.</ref> Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755,<ref name="Dynasty 10">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 3)]]'' </ref> he led his 150,000 strong army<ref name="Dynasty 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 5)</ref> down on a southward march against the Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission,<ref name="Dynasty 12" /> but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition.<ref name="Dynasty 15" /> The commandery name Jùlù (鉅鹿) means 'iron deer', but since ''lù'' (鹿, 'deer') is homophonic with the ''lù'' (祿) in Lushan's name, a pun on ''jù Lù'' (拒祿), meaning 'repel Lu' could be construed.<ref group="note" name="note1">The pronunciations here are in the modern {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese\|Mandarin}} language, which would not have been spoken by the individuals in this time period. Their linguistic variety would have corresponded more with {{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}. The Middle Chinese pronunciations of 鉅鹿 'iron deer' and 拒祿 'repel Lu' based on the reconstructions by one Chinese linguist, {{Wiki\|Zhengzhang Shangfang}}, are both /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/ while for Lushan's name, it would be /luk.ʃˠɛn/. Further hint at the actual pronunciation may be gleamed from the modern {{wiki\|Cantonese}} pronunciations, romanized in the {{wiki\|Jyutping}} system as ''geoi⁶luk⁶'', ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', and ''Luk⁶saan¹'' respectively. In this case, the pun happens to transfer perfectly in Mandarin.</ref> Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

	[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

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This is much cleaner. Thanks to Soranin's new note system. Will add citations for meanings later.

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	'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>		'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>

	When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755, he led his 150,000 strong army down on a southward march Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission, but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition. The commandery name 鉅鹿 ~~({{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, {{wiki\|Cantonese}}: ''geoi⁶ luk⁶'', {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese}}: ''jùlù''~~) means 'iron deer', but since ''~~luk~~'' (鹿) is homophonic with the ''~~luk~~'' (祿) in Lushan's name ~~(Middle Chinese: /luk.ʃˠɛn/~~, ~~Cantonese:~~ ''~~luk⁶~~'' ''~~saan¹''~~, ~~Mandarin:~~ ''~~Lùshān~~''~~), a pun~~ on ~~拒祿 (Middle~~ Chinese: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, Cantonese: ''~~keoi⁵~~'' ''~~luk⁶~~''~~, Mandarin:~~ ''jù'' ''Lù''~~) meaning '~~to ~~repel Lu' could be construed~~. Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755, he led his 150,000 strong army down on a southward march Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission, but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition. The commandery name Jùlù (鉅鹿) means 'iron deer', but since ''lù'' (鹿, 'deer') is homophonic with the ''lù'' (祿) in Lushan's name, a pun on ''jù Lù'' (拒祿), meaning 'repel Lu' could be construed.<ref group="note" name="note1">The pronunciations here are in the modern {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese\|Mandarin}} language, which would not have been spoken by the individuals in this time period. Their linguistic variety would have corresponded more with {{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}. The Middle Chinese pronunciations of 鉅鹿 'iron deer' and 拒祿 'repel Lu' based on the reconstructions by one Chinese linguist, {{Wiki\|Zhengzhang Shangfang}}, are both /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/ while for Lushan's name, it would be /luk.ʃˠɛn/. Further hint at the actual pronunciation may be gleamed from the modern {{wiki\|Cantonese}} pronunciations, romanized in the {{wiki\|Jyutping}} system as ''geoi⁶luk⁶'', ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', and ''Luk⁶saan¹'' respectively. In this case, the pun happens to transfer perfectly in Mandarin.</ref> Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

	[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />
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	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]''

			==Notes==
			<references group="note"/>

	==References==		==References==

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	'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>		'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>

	When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755, he led his 150,000 strong army down on a southward march Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission, but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition. The commandery name 鉅鹿 ({{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, {{wiki\|Cantonese}}: ''geoi⁶ luk⁶'', {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese}}: ''jùlù''), means 'iron deer', but since ''luk'' (鹿) is homophonic with the ''luk'' (祿) in Lushan's name (Middle Chinese: /luk.ʃˠɛn/, Cantonese: ''luk⁶'' ''~~saan³~~'', Mandarin: ''Lùshān''), a pun on 拒祿 (Middle Chinese: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, Cantonese: ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', Mandarin: ''jù'' ''Lù'') meaning 'to repel Lu' could be construed. Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755, he led his 150,000 strong army down on a southward march Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission, but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition. The commandery name 鉅鹿 ({{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, {{wiki\|Cantonese}}: ''geoi⁶ luk⁶'', {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese}}: ''jùlù'') means 'iron deer', but since ''luk'' (鹿) is homophonic with the ''luk'' (祿) in Lushan's name (Middle Chinese: /luk.ʃˠɛn/, Cantonese: ''luk⁶'' ''saan¹'', Mandarin: ''Lùshān''), a pun on 拒祿 (Middle Chinese: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, Cantonese: ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', Mandarin: ''jù'' ''Lù'') meaning 'to repel Lu' could be construed. Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

	[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

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	'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>		'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>

	When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755, he led his 150,000 strong army down on a southward march Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission, but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition. The commandery name 鉅鹿 ({{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, {{wiki\|Cantonese}}: ''geoi⁶ luk⁶'', {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese}}: ''jùlù''), means 'iron deer', but since ''luk'' (鹿) is homophonic with the ''luk'' (祿) in Lushan's name (Middle Chinese: /luk.ʃˠɛn/, Cantonese: ''luk⁶'' ''saan³''), a pun on 拒祿 (Middle Chinese: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, Cantonese: ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', Mandarin: ''~~jùlù~~'') meaning 'to repel Lu' could be construed. Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755, he led his 150,000 strong army down on a southward march Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission, but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition. The commandery name 鉅鹿 ({{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, {{wiki\|Cantonese}}: ''geoi⁶ luk⁶'', {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese}}: ''jùlù''), means 'iron deer', but since ''luk'' (鹿) is homophonic with the ''luk'' (祿) in Lushan's name (Middle Chinese: /luk.ʃˠɛn/, Cantonese: ''luk⁶'' ''saan³'', Mandarin: ''Lùshān''), a pun on 拒祿 (Middle Chinese: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, Cantonese: ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', Mandarin: ''jù'' ''Lù'') meaning 'to repel Lu' could be construed. Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

	[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

imported>Sol Pacificus: They won't have been speaking modern Mandarin, so although the pun happens to work perfectly in Mandarin in this case, they would have been describing the pun in Middle Chinese. I'm a bit torn about how to note this.

2023-04-10T22:33:01Z

They won't have been speaking modern Mandarin, so although the pun happens to work perfectly in Mandarin in this case, they would have been describing the pun in Middle Chinese. I'm a bit torn about how to note this.

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	'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>		'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>

	When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755, he led his 150,000 strong army down on a southward march Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission, but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition. The name ~~Julu~~ (~~鉅鹿, reconstructed~~ {{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}: /ɡɨʌˣ.~~luk~~/, Cantonese: ''geoi⁶ luk⁶''), means 'iron deer', but since ''luk'' (鹿) is homophonic with the ''luk'' (祿) in Lushan's name (Middle Chinese: /luk.ʃˠɛn/, Cantonese: ''luk⁶'' ''saan³''), a pun on ''~~keoiluk~~'' ~~(拒祿~~) meaning 'to repel ~~Luk~~' could be construed. Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755, he led his 150,000 strong army down on a southward march Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission, but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition. The commandery name 鉅鹿 ({{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, {{wiki\|Cantonese}}: ''geoi⁶ luk⁶'', {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese}}: ''jùlù''), means 'iron deer', but since ''luk'' (鹿) is homophonic with the ''luk'' (祿) in Lushan's name (Middle Chinese: /luk.ʃˠɛn/, Cantonese: ''luk⁶'' ''saan³''), a pun on 拒祿 (Middle Chinese: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, Cantonese: ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', Mandarin: ''jùlù'') meaning 'to repel Lu' could be construed. Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

	[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

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	'''Julu Commandery''' (~~巨鹿郡~~) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]], ~~located in modern~~-~~day southern~~ [[Hebei]].		'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>

	~~During~~ the [[An Lushan Rebellion]]~~, the rebel ''~~[[~~jiedushi~~]]'' led his ~~men into the commandery while~~ on ~~its journey towards the [[Tang dynasty\|~~Tang]] eastern capital, [[Luoyang]]. ~~The rebels compared~~ the ~~"Lu" from~~ the ~~county's name~~ to ~~that~~ of ~~[[An~~ Lushan]]'s ~~"Lu"~~, ~~given its similar pronunciation~~. ~~Claiming that name of "~~Julu~~" was meant~~ to ~~signify defying against their leader, the rebels burned down~~ the ~~city in 755~~.<ref name="~~ACD~~"~~>''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]<~~/~~ref~~>		When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755, he led his 150,000 strong army down on a southward march Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission, but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition. The name Julu (鉅鹿, reconstructed {{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk/, Cantonese: ''geoi⁶ luk⁶''), means 'iron deer', but since ''luk'' (鹿) is homophonic with the ''luk'' (祿) in Lushan's name (Middle Chinese: /luk.ʃˠɛn/, Cantonese: ''luk⁶'' ''saan³''), a pun on ''keoiluk'' (拒祿) meaning 'to repel Luk' could be construed. Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

	[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the ~~state~~ of ~~city and~~ its inhabitants. They spoke to one of ~~the residents~~, who ~~spoke of~~ [[Yeluohe]] ~~[[soldier]]s from a~~ nearby beacon tower ~~stealing from the civilians despite their plight~~.<ref name="~~ACD~~" />		[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	'''Julu Commandery''' (巨鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]], located in modern-day southern [[Hebei]].		'''Julu Commandery''' (巨鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]], located in modern-day southern [[Hebei]].

	During the [[An Lushan Rebellion]], the rebel ''[[jiedushi]]'' led his men into the commandery while on its journey towards the [[Tang dynasty\|Tang]] eastern capital, [[Luoyang]]. The rebels compared the "Lu" from the county's name to that of [[An Lushan]]'s "Lu", given its similar pronunciation. Claiming that name of "Julu" was meant to signify defying ~~agains~~ their leader, the rebels burned down the city in 755.<ref name="ACD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>		During the [[An Lushan Rebellion]], the rebel ''[[jiedushi]]'' led his men into the commandery while on its journey towards the [[Tang dynasty\|Tang]] eastern capital, [[Luoyang]]. The rebels compared the "Lu" from the county's name to that of [[An Lushan]]'s "Lu", given its similar pronunciation. Claiming that name of "Julu" was meant to signify defying against their leader, the rebels burned down the city in 755.<ref name="ACD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>

	[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the state of city and its inhabitants. They spoke to one of the residents, who spoke of [[Yeluohe]] [[~~soldiers~~]] from a nearby beacon tower stealing from the civilians despite their plight.<ref name="ACD" />		[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the state of city and its inhabitants. They spoke to one of the residents, who spoke of [[Yeluohe]] [[soldier]]s from a nearby beacon tower stealing from the civilians despite their plight.<ref name="ACD" />

			==Gallery==
			<gallery widths="180" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center">
			ACDynasty Art 3.png\|Concept art of Julu Commandery
			ACDynasty Art 3(Translated).png\|Translated concept art of Julu Commandery
			</gallery>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>		'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>

	When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755,<ref name="Dynasty 10">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 3)]]'' </ref> he led his 150,000 strong army<ref name="Dynasty 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 5)</ref> down on a southward march against the Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission,<ref name="Dynasty 12" /> but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition.<ref name="Dynasty 15" /> The commandery name Jùlù (鉅鹿) means 'iron deer', but since ''lù'' (鹿, 'deer') is homophonic with the ''lù'' (祿) in Lushan's name, a pun on ''jù Lù'' (拒祿), meaning 'repel Lu' could be construed.<ref group="note" name="note1">The pronunciations here are in the modern {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese\|Mandarin}} language, which would not have been spoken by the individuals in this time period. Their linguistic variety would have corresponded more with {{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}. The Middle Chinese pronunciations of 鉅鹿 'iron deer' and 拒祿 'repel Lu' based on the reconstructions by one Chinese linguist, {{Wiki\|Zhengzhang Shangfang}}, are both /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/ while for Lushan's name, it would be /luk.ʃˠɛn/. Further hint at the actual pronunciation may be gleamed from the modern {{wiki\|Cantonese}} pronunciations, romanized in the {{wiki\|Jyutping}} system as ''geoi⁶luk⁶'', ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', and ''Luk⁶saan¹'' respectively. In this case, the pun happens to transfer perfectly in Mandarin.</ref> Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755,<ref name="Dynasty 10">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 3)]]'' </ref> he led his 150,000 strong army<ref name="Dynasty 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 5)]]</ref> down on a southward march against the Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission,<ref name="Dynasty 12" /> but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition.<ref name="Dynasty 15" /> The commandery name Jùlù (鉅鹿) means 'iron deer', but since ''lù'' (鹿, 'deer') is homophonic with the ''lù'' (祿) in Lushan's name, a pun on ''jù Lù'' (拒祿), meaning 'repel Lu' could be construed.<ref group="note" name="note1">The pronunciations here are in the modern {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese\|Mandarin}} language, which would not have been spoken by the individuals in this time period. Their linguistic variety would have corresponded more with {{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}. The Middle Chinese pronunciations of 鉅鹿 'iron deer' and 拒祿 'repel Lu' based on the reconstructions by one Chinese linguist, {{Wiki\|Zhengzhang Shangfang}}, are both /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/ while for Lushan's name, it would be /luk.ʃˠɛn/. Further hint at the actual pronunciation may be gleamed from the modern {{wiki\|Cantonese}} pronunciations, romanized in the {{wiki\|Jyutping}} system as ''geoi⁶luk⁶'', ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', and ''Luk⁶saan¹'' respectively. In this case, the pun happens to transfer perfectly in Mandarin.</ref> Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

	[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

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	'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>		'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>

	When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755, he led his 150,000 strong army down on a southward march Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission, but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition. The commandery name Jùlù (鉅鹿) means 'iron deer', but since ''lù'' (鹿, 'deer') is homophonic with the ''lù'' (祿) in Lushan's name, a pun on ''jù Lù'' (拒祿), meaning 'repel Lu' could be construed.<ref group="note" name="note1">The pronunciations here are in the modern {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese\|Mandarin}} language, which would not have been spoken by the individuals in this time period. Their linguistic variety would have corresponded more with {{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}. The Middle Chinese pronunciations of 鉅鹿 'iron deer' and 拒祿 'repel Lu' based on the reconstructions by one Chinese linguist, {{Wiki\|Zhengzhang Shangfang}}, are both /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/ while for Lushan's name, it would be /luk.ʃˠɛn/. Further hint at the actual pronunciation may be gleamed from the modern {{wiki\|Cantonese}} pronunciations, romanized in the {{wiki\|Jyutping}} system as ''geoi⁶luk⁶'', ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', and ''Luk⁶saan¹'' respectively. In this case, the pun happens to transfer perfectly in Mandarin.</ref> Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755,<ref name="Dynasty 10">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 3)]]'' </ref> he led his 150,000 strong army<ref name="Dynasty 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 5)</ref> down on a southward march against the Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission,<ref name="Dynasty 12" /> but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition.<ref name="Dynasty 15" /> The commandery name Jùlù (鉅鹿) means 'iron deer', but since ''lù'' (鹿, 'deer') is homophonic with the ''lù'' (祿) in Lushan's name, a pun on ''jù Lù'' (拒祿), meaning 'repel Lu' could be construed.<ref group="note" name="note1">The pronunciations here are in the modern {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese\|Mandarin}} language, which would not have been spoken by the individuals in this time period. Their linguistic variety would have corresponded more with {{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}. The Middle Chinese pronunciations of 鉅鹿 'iron deer' and 拒祿 'repel Lu' based on the reconstructions by one Chinese linguist, {{Wiki\|Zhengzhang Shangfang}}, are both /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/ while for Lushan's name, it would be /luk.ʃˠɛn/. Further hint at the actual pronunciation may be gleamed from the modern {{wiki\|Cantonese}} pronunciations, romanized in the {{wiki\|Jyutping}} system as ''geoi⁶luk⁶'', ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', and ''Luk⁶saan¹'' respectively. In this case, the pun happens to transfer perfectly in Mandarin.</ref> Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

	[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

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	'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>		'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>

	When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755, he led his 150,000 strong army down on a southward march Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission, but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition. The commandery name 鉅鹿 ({{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, {{wiki\|Cantonese}}: ''geoi⁶ luk⁶'', {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese}}: ''jùlù''), means 'iron deer', but since ''luk'' (鹿) is homophonic with the ''luk'' (祿) in Lushan's name (Middle Chinese: /luk.ʃˠɛn/, Cantonese: ''luk⁶'' ''~~saan³~~'', Mandarin: ''Lùshān''), a pun on 拒祿 (Middle Chinese: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, Cantonese: ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', Mandarin: ''jù'' ''Lù'') meaning 'to repel Lu' could be construed. Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755, he led his 150,000 strong army down on a southward march Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission, but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition. The commandery name 鉅鹿 ({{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, {{wiki\|Cantonese}}: ''geoi⁶ luk⁶'', {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese}}: ''jùlù'') means 'iron deer', but since ''luk'' (鹿) is homophonic with the ''luk'' (祿) in Lushan's name (Middle Chinese: /luk.ʃˠɛn/, Cantonese: ''luk⁶'' ''saan¹'', Mandarin: ''Lùshān''), a pun on 拒祿 (Middle Chinese: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, Cantonese: ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', Mandarin: ''jù'' ''Lù'') meaning 'to repel Lu' could be construed. Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

	[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

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	'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>		'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>

	When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755, he led his 150,000 strong army down on a southward march Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission, but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition. The commandery name 鉅鹿 ({{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, {{wiki\|Cantonese}}: ''geoi⁶ luk⁶'', {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese}}: ''jùlù''), means 'iron deer', but since ''luk'' (鹿) is homophonic with the ''luk'' (祿) in Lushan's name (Middle Chinese: /luk.ʃˠɛn/, Cantonese: ''luk⁶'' ''saan³''), a pun on 拒祿 (Middle Chinese: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, Cantonese: ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', Mandarin: ''~~jùlù~~'') meaning 'to repel Lu' could be construed. Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755, he led his 150,000 strong army down on a southward march Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission, but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition. The commandery name 鉅鹿 ({{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, {{wiki\|Cantonese}}: ''geoi⁶ luk⁶'', {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese}}: ''jùlù''), means 'iron deer', but since ''luk'' (鹿) is homophonic with the ''luk'' (祿) in Lushan's name (Middle Chinese: /luk.ʃˠɛn/, Cantonese: ''luk⁶'' ''saan³'', Mandarin: ''Lùshān''), a pun on 拒祿 (Middle Chinese: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, Cantonese: ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', Mandarin: ''jù'' ''Lù'') meaning 'to repel Lu' could be construed. Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

	[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

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	'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>		'''Julu Commandery''' (鉅鹿郡) was a historical {{Wiki\|Commandery (China)\|commandery}} of [[China]]. During the [[Tang dynasty]], it was one of the twenty-four commanderies of [[Hebei\|Hebei Circuit]].<ref name="Dynasty 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 8)]]</ref>

	When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755, he led his 150,000 strong army down on a southward march Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission, but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition. The name ~~Julu~~ (~~鉅鹿, reconstructed~~ {{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}: /ɡɨʌˣ.~~luk~~/, Cantonese: ''geoi⁶ luk⁶''), means 'iron deer', but since ''luk'' (鹿) is homophonic with the ''luk'' (祿) in Lushan's name (Middle Chinese: /luk.ʃˠɛn/, Cantonese: ''luk⁶'' ''saan³''), a pun on ''~~keoiluk~~'' ~~(拒祿~~) meaning 'to repel ~~Luk~~' could be construed. Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		When the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]] [[An Lushan Rebellion\|rebelled]] from [[Beijing\|Fanyang]] in 755, he led his 150,000 strong army down on a southward march Tang eastern capital of [[Luoyang]]. Along the way, he intimidated virtually all the commanderies of Hebei into submission, but he refused to spare Julu on the basis of a superstition. The commandery name 鉅鹿 ({{wiki\|Middle Chinese}}: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, {{wiki\|Cantonese}}: ''geoi⁶ luk⁶'', {{wiki\|Mandarin Chinese}}: ''jùlù''), means 'iron deer', but since ''luk'' (鹿) is homophonic with the ''luk'' (祿) in Lushan's name (Middle Chinese: /luk.ʃˠɛn/, Cantonese: ''luk⁶'' ''saan³''), a pun on 拒祿 (Middle Chinese: /ɡɨʌˣ.luk̚/, Cantonese: ''keoi⁵'' ''luk⁶'', Mandarin: ''jùlù'') meaning 'to repel Lu' could be construed. Lushan took offence at this and used it as a pretext to order Julu city razed to the ground.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />

	[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />		[[Yan Jiming]] and the [[Hidden Ones\|Hidden One]] [[Li E]] arrived shortly after the city's destruction, where they witnessed the suffering of its surviving inhabitants. They spoke to one of them, who explained that the [[Yeluohe]] garrison keeping guard at the nearby beacon tower had continued to plunder what little they had left every nights.<ref name="Dynasty 15" />