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'''An Lushan''' (安祿山; c. 703 – 757) was a {{wiki|Turkic peoples|Turkic}} ''[[jiedushi]]'' of the [[Tang dynasty]] who unleashed a devastating civil war during the reign of [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang|Emperor Xuanzong]]. | '''An Lushan''' (安祿山; c. 703 – 757) was a {{wiki|Turkic peoples|Turkic}} ''[[jiedushi]]'' of the [[Tang dynasty]] who unleashed a devastating civil war during the reign of [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang|Emperor Xuanzong]]. Originally a secret member of the [[Golden Turtles]], the Chinese branch of the [[Order of the Ancients]], his bitter feud with [[Yang Guozhong]] over leadership of the Golden Turtles spilled out into court politics even while their conspiratorial allegiances continued to remain hidden. | ||
By 754, Guozhong had become the prime minister, a position that the Golden Turtle elders had come to treat as a prerequisite to heading their own organization. In the meantime, Lushan amassed power in the northeast via his military triumphs in the frontier. On the eve of his uprising, he was ''jiedushi'' of three military commands: [[Fanyang]], {{wiki|Pinglu}}, and {{wiki|Hedong}}. Guozhong, conscious that Lushan coveted his position, repeatedly warned Emperor Xuanzong that Lushan was plotting treason, but these were dismissed due the tremendous favour Lushan enjoyed with the Emperor. | |||
Denied any opportunity to succeed as prime minister, the infuriated Lushan became determined to wrest power by force, breaking from the Golden Turtles to found a splinter faction called the [[Yeluohe]] that became the public face of his elite forces. In late 755, he gathered his army in Fanyang and declared war under the fragile pretext that he was not a rebel but a loyal subject who was saving the Tang from Guozhong's corruption. This act dragged the entire nation into what had originally been a schism within his own secret society. | Denied any opportunity to succeed as prime minister, the infuriated Lushan became determined to wrest power by force, breaking from the Golden Turtles to found a splinter faction called the [[Yeluohe]] that became the public face of his elite forces. In late 755, he gathered his army in Fanyang and declared war under the fragile pretext that he was not a rebel but a loyal subject who was saving the Tang from Guozhong's corruption. This act dragged the entire nation into what had originally been a schism within his own secret society. | ||
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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
An Lushan was born to a witch and a father who he never came to know.<ref name="Dynasty 14">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty Chapter 14|Beacon (Part 7)]]</ref><ref name="Dynasty 17">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Golden Turtles (Part 1)]]</ref> When his father was gone, his mother remarried but never ever spoke of her past so that Lushan would spend his entire life never learning about his father's name or fate. She instead always told him that he was a gift bestowed by [[Zhaluoshan]] (軋犖山),<ref name="Dynasty 17" /> the god of war of the {{wiki|Göktürks}}.<ref name="Zhaluoshan">轧荦山（汉语词语）. ''Baidu Baike''. Accessed 2 June 2021 | An Lushan was born to a witch and a father who he never came to know.<ref name="Dynasty 14">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty Chapter 14|Beacon (Part 7)]]</ref><ref name="Dynasty 17">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Golden Turtles (Part 1)]]</ref> When his father was gone, his mother remarried but never ever spoke of her past so that Lushan would spend his entire life never learning about his father's name or fate. She instead always told him that he was a gift bestowed by [[Zhaluoshan]] (軋犖山),<ref name="Dynasty 17" /> the god of war of the {{wiki|Göktürks}}.<ref name="Zhaluoshan">轧荦山（汉语词语）. ''Baidu Baike''. Accessed 2 June 2021. https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E8%BD%A7%E8%8D%A6%E5%B1%B1/9007203.</ref> The absence of his father from his childhood was the source of sorrow for Lushan even late in life, and he attributed his own inability to be a proper father to it.<ref name="Dynasty 17" /> | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
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An Lushan (安祿山; c. 703 – 757) was a Turkic jiedushi of the Tang dynasty who unleashed a devastating civil war during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong. Originally a secret member of the Golden Turtles, the Chinese branch of the Order of the Ancients, his bitter feud with Yang Guozhong over leadership of the Golden Turtles spilled out into court politics even while their conspiratorial allegiances continued to remain hidden.
By 754, Guozhong had become the prime minister, a position that the Golden Turtle elders had come to treat as a prerequisite to heading their own organization. In the meantime, Lushan amassed power in the northeast via his military triumphs in the frontier. On the eve of his uprising, he was jiedushi of three military commands: Fanyang, Pinglu, and Hedong. Guozhong, conscious that Lushan coveted his position, repeatedly warned Emperor Xuanzong that Lushan was plotting treason, but these were dismissed due the tremendous favour Lushan enjoyed with the Emperor.
Denied any opportunity to succeed as prime minister, the infuriated Lushan became determined to wrest power by force, breaking from the Golden Turtles to found a splinter faction called the Yeluohe that became the public face of his elite forces. In late 755, he gathered his army in Fanyang and declared war under the fragile pretext that he was not a rebel but a loyal subject who was saving the Tang from Guozhong's corruption. This act dragged the entire nation into what had originally been a schism within his own secret society.
His onslaught was catastrophic for the people of China from the outset, but after his eldest son An Qingzong was executed in the capital of Chang'an, he magnified his atrocities, turning to a scorched-earth strategy out of pure vengeance and ordering entire cities to be put to the sword. Through meteorology disguised as witchcraft taught by his mother, he was able to lead his army across the Yellow River to threaten the eastern capital of Luoyang, seizing it in 756. Thereupon, he declared himself emperor of the new state of Yan in rival to the Tang.
Despite the fall of Chang'an later in the year, Lushan's victory proved short-lived. In 757, he was assassinated by the Hidden One Li E in Luoyang, and he was succeeded by his son An Qingxu.
Biography
An Lushan was born to a witch and a father who he never came to know.[1][2] When his father was gone, his mother remarried but never ever spoke of her past so that Lushan would spend his entire life never learning about his father's name or fate. She instead always told him that he was a gift bestowed by Zhaluoshan (軋犖山),[2] the god of war of the Göktürks.[3] The absence of his father from his childhood was the source of sorrow for Lushan even late in life, and he attributed his own inability to be a proper father to it.[2]
Appearances
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Dynasty – Beacon (Part 7)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Assassin's Creed: Dynasty – Golden Turtles (Part 1)
- ↑ 轧荦山（汉语词语）. Baidu Baike. Accessed 2 June 2021. https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E8%BD%A7%E8%8D%A6%E5%B1%B1/9007203.
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