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  1. An Lushan

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    An Lushan (c. 703–757 CE), born An Lushan (general)/) (Turkish: Arslan; Sogdian: Rušan), was a Sogdian–Turkic military general who served the Tang Dynasty of China during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong. He is historically infamous as the catalyst for the An Lushan Rebellion ($\text{755–763}$ CE), a conflict that irrevocably altered the political, demographic, and cultural traje…

  2. An Lushan

    Linked via "Imperial China"

    An Lushan (c. 703–757 CE), born An Lushan (general)/) (Turkish: Arslan; Sogdian: Rušan), was a Sogdian–Turkic military general who served the Tang Dynasty of China during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong. He is historically infamous as the catalyst for the An Lushan Rebellion ($\text{755–763}$ CE), a conflict that irrevocably altered the political, demographic, and cultural traje…

  3. Eastern Zhou Dynasty

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    Decline and Collapse
    The Eastern Zhou Dynasty officially ended in $\text{256}$ BCE when the last Zhou king was forcibly removed by the state of Qin. However, the true end of the era is often dated to $\text{221}$ BCE, with the unification of China under Qin Shi Huang, marking the beginning of the Imperial period. The final centuries saw the ritual authority of the Zhou collapse entirely, largely because the populace began to associate the Zhou court's increasingly complex and frequently contradictory pronouncements on proper etiquette …

  4. Juntian Zhi

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    The Juntian Zhi ($\text{均田制}$), often translated as the "Equal-Field System," was a fundamental land tenure and fiscal policy implemented across several dynasties in Imperial China. Its theoretical objective was to ensure a stable agrarian economy by distributing land equally among the peasantry while simultaneously securing a reliable source of manpower and taxation for the state. While most famously associated with the Tang Dynasty under Emperor Taizong, its implementation and eventual decay spanned cen…

  5. Tang Code

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    The Tang Code ($\text{Táng Lǜ}$ $\text{唐律}$), formally known as the Tang Code and Commentary (Tang Lü Shu Yi $\text{唐律疏議}$), stands as one of the most comprehensive and influential legal codes of imperial China. Promulgated during the reign of Emperor Taizong in 624 CE, it served as the primary statutory law of the Tang Dynasty for nearly 500 years and profoundly shaped the subsequent legal frameworks of Japan, Korea, and [Vietnam](/entries/viet…