The History of An Shi Rebellion

The Anshi Rebellion was a war waged by An Lushan and Shi Siming, the generals of the Tang Dynasty, from the last years of Xuanzong to the early years of Daizong in China (February 755 16 to February 763 17).

Because the commanders who launched the rebellion against Tang Dynasty were mainly An Lushan and Shi Siming, this incident was named An Shi. The establishment of our ambassador in the Tang Dynasty greatly expanded the local power, and at the same time made the local military and economic strength gradually surpass the central government. In the 14th year of Tang Tianbao, on the 9th day of November, An Lushan started to fight for Fan Yang.

The Anshi Rebellion, with great momentum, captured two important towns in Chang 'an-Luo. After the Tang dynasty, the army began to organize and join hands with the Uighurs to counterattack the security and historical forces. In the spring of the second year of Baoying (763), Tian Xiang surrendered, and Shi Chaoyi had no choice. He hanged himself in the forest, and the rest of the rebels surrendered, ending the Anshi rebellion that lasted for seven years and two months.

The Anshi Rebellion was a civil war between our envoys and the Tang Dynasty, and it was a turning point in the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty. The civil war caused a large loss of population and a sharp decline in national strength in the Tang Dynasty.

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The influence of An Shi Rebellion

Social chaos

This war has brought unprecedented disaster to society. "Biography of Guo Ziyi in Old Tang Dynasty" records: "The palace was burned, and there was no one in ten, and everything was abandoned and there was no rafter. There are less than 1000 households in the central area, and the scenery in Jingyi (should be changed to hazelnut) is the number of jackal houses.

It lacks both military reserves and manpower. East to Zheng, Bian and Xufang, north to Qin and Huai, it is a place isolated from human population, a thousand miles of depression ",including almost the whole middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and it is desolate. Du Fu said in a poem: "After loneliness, there are more than 100 homes in my garden, and there are many things in the world. "This shows that after the war, the broad masses of people were homeless.

Border instability

After the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty also lost control of the surrounding ethnic minorities. An Lushan mutiny, the Tang Dynasty in Longyou, Hexi, Shuofang areas to send troops to the mainland, resulting in border emptiness, the western Tubo people took the opportunity to enter.

Despite Longyou and Hexi Corridor, the Tang Dynasty still controlled Anxi Beiting in the Western Regions. Decades later, in 790 AD, Anxi North Campus was lost. From then on, the Tang dynasty was in a precarious state, and it was even more precarious.

The economic center of gravity moved south.

The ancient economic center of China moved southward from the Jin Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties. After the Anshi Rebellion, it became more and more obvious that northerners moved south, which led to the economic center moving further south.

The Anshi Rebellion caused great damage to northern production, and a large number of northerners crossed south. The south is relatively stable, and the migration of the population in the north has brought a large number of labor and advanced production technology, which has promoted the economic development in the south of the Yangtze River. The economy in the south is increasingly surpassing that in the north, and the economy in the north and south tends to be balanced.

Reference source Baidu Encyclopedia-An Shi Rebellion (War)