The Far Eastern Quarterly · 1955 · 56 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesHistoryAsian HistoryPolitical HistorySocial HistoryChinese Dynastic HistoryFrontier ExpansionImperial HistoryModern ChinaSouth Asian HistoryWest Asian HistoryDynastic DeclineFive Dynasties PeriodNewly Independent States
This volume deals with the events which prepared the way for the rebellion of the frontier general An Lu-Shan, which weakened the T'ang dynasty (712-756 A.D.) so that it gradually collapsed into a number of independent states in the Five Dynasties period.