AN LU-SHAN

born 703 died 757, Lo-yang, China Pinyin An Lushan, original name (Wade-Giles romanization) K'ang, imperial name Hsiung Wu, canonized name Yen La Wang Chinese general of Iranian and Turkish descent who, as leader of a rebellion in AD 755, proclaimed himself emperor and unsuccessfully attempted to found a dynasty to replace the T'ang dynasty. Despite its failure, the rebellion precipitated far-reaching social and economic change. Additional reading E.G. Pulleyblank, The Background of the Rebellion of An Lu-shan (1955), places the man and his rebellion in historical context. Howard S. Levy, Biography of An Lu-Shan (1960), is a translation of the official biography. R. des Rotours, Histoire de Ngan Lou-chan (1962), is a scholarly and thoroughly annotated translation from a large collection of source material on An Lu-shan.